Residents of Freeport took to jet-skis and boats to help in rescue efforts, Wednesday, September 3, after Hurricane Dorian lashed the Bahamas. –––––––––
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Dorian Batters Bahamas; First Deaths Confirmed
By VOA News
September 3, 2019 03:22 AM
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Tue, 09/03/2019 - 12:03
Hurricane Dorian relentlessly battered Grand Bahama Island on Tuesday, even as the powerful storm began to edge closer to the mainland U.S. in the southern state of Florida.
Dorian, packing sustained winds of 175 kilometers an hour with higher gusts, was classified as a Category 2 storm, diminished from when it first slammed into the Bahamas as a most dangerous Category 5 hurricane and stalled over the popular vacation mecca. At the same time, however, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said the storm is growing larger.
Forecasters continued to describe Dorian as "extremely dangerous" as it moved northwestward toward the Florida coast at 4 kilometers an hour. Forecasters predicted Dorian would advance "slightly faster" later Tuesday before turning northward along the country's eastern seaboard by Wednesday night.
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