Hurricane Dorian is the strongest storm to ever threaten Florida’s East Coast as it slowly moves away from the Bahamas.
Now a Category 4 hurricane, the storm continues to slam Grand Bahama Island and is expected to do so throughout the day and into the evening.
Dorian made landfall Sunday afternoon at Elbow Cay of the Abaco Islands and was the strongest Atlantic hurricane landfall ever recorded, ABC News reported, leaving in its wake “unprecedented” devastation.
Queens Cove Grand Bahamas ?? #Dorian pic.twitter.com/yDhBwoiy3k
— Juan Carlos Pedreira (@juancpedreira) September 2, 2019
Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis tweeted on Monday morning the devastation to Abaco “is unprecedented.”
“Our focus right now is rescue, recovery and prayer,” he added.
Grand Bahama is still feeling the impact of the Category 5 #HuricaneDorian. Based on reports out of Abaco, the devastation is unprecedented. Winds have decreased to 165MPH but Dorian remains an extremely dangerous storm. Our focus right now is rescue, recovery and prayer.
— Dr Hubert Minnis (@minnis_dr) September 2, 2019
Bahamas resident Bruce Sawyer told ABC’s “Good Morning America” that it looks like a “bomb” went off.
“There’s houses that are torn apart,” he said. “There’s tree limbs in the road. There’s no green shrubbery left. It’s just shredded.”
Walk through storm-hit Elbow Cay shows extent of destruction in Hope Town as Hurricane Dorian lashes the Bahamas. https://t.co/XlEQufYmbY pic.twitter.com/wLGzTskV72
— ABC News (@ABC) September 2, 2019
“I think when the eye wall hit, we had 200-plus mile per hour winds that ripped everybody’s roofs and destroyed everybody’s structure and houses,” Sawyer added. “Probably one of the most terrifying things that ever happened. The windows were caving. The doors were caving in. I honestly thought that our roof was going to be ripped off as well.”
Michael Pintard, the Bahamas minister for agriculture, posted a stunning video on social media of the flood waters hitting his home in Grand Bahama.
Minister of Agriculture and Marco City MP Michael Pintard, who lives on Grand Bahama, showing some utterly frightening footage of his home during the passage of Hurricane Dorian. pic.twitter.com/gugVsLMroB
— Travis C-Carroll (@TravisCC) September 2, 2019
“That’s water hitting my front window which is extremely high,” Pintard said in the video. “Of course I’m already completely flooded out. That’s my kitchen window that water is hitting and that has to be a minimum of about 20 feet above the ground.”
“This is water by my back door that came from the canal that height has to be 20 to 25 feet above sea level,” he continued. “This is what I’m facing at the moment. I have neighbors who are in a far worse position than me and my family. That’s my bedroom water hitting there.”
The massive storm crawled across the island, almost coming to a standstill.
“Dorian’s eyewall has unleashed tornadic-like violence for hours in some spots in the Bahamas,” tweeted The Weather Channel’s Greg Postel.
Tornadoes over a given location last seconds, maybe a little longer. Nearly stationary CAT 5 #Dorian‘s eyewall has unleashed tornadic-like violence for hours in some spots in the Bahamas. #flwx #gawx #scwx #nwx pic.twitter.com/l3ofnKlbrQ
— Greg Postel (@GregPostel) September 2, 2019
The storm surge was devastating, as another video shared online showed the impact of the water.
and this from LaToy Williams in Freeport https://t.co/iCHAGoUYIQ
— not inklessPW (@inklessPW) September 2, 2019
“Water is now on the third step. Our cars have floated away, and our neighbor’s capsized boat is now in our yard,” read the caption of another video showing the massive storm surge.
“Water is now on the third step. Our cars have floated away, and our neighbor’s capsized boat is now in our yard” #Dorian’s impact in Freeport, Grand Bahama pic.twitter.com/fl02Yypjgw
— TTWeatherCenter (@TTWeatherCenter) September 2, 2019
“Please someone, please come help us,” a woman is heard saying in a video that shows the roof torn off an apartment building.
“Please someone, please come help us”: Bahamas residents survey devastated apartment building after Hurricane Dorian hit Abaco Islands. https://t.co/62Zy3sGveh pic.twitter.com/3Eqaf4TrNu
— ABC News (@ABC) September 2, 2019
The carnage goes on and on, as seen in the following tweets:
BOATS AND HOMES BLASTED. More video from #HurricaneDorian destruction in the #Bahamas (via Latrae Rahming) #Dorian #AbacoIslands #Abaco #Dorian #Hurricane #Dorian2019 pic.twitter.com/EUae98rpex
— Josh Benson (@WFLAJosh) September 1, 2019
UNBELIEVABLE DESTRUCTION: This video shows the utter devastation of just a small portion the Bahamas as Hurricane #Dorian continues to lash the islands: https://t.co/MTW9m0CTok pic.twitter.com/M0p88ov8oo
— WSB-TV (@wsbtv) September 2, 2019
Disastrous flooding from the Bahamas – lady who posted this video said: “#HurricaneDorian this was taken in a home by the canal ? my aunty live by the canal yall I scared” pic.twitter.com/EEZHE3GeCx
— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) September 2, 2019
Chesapeake, Grand Bahamas ?? #Dorian pic.twitter.com/oprXzE7XnD
— Juan Carlos Pedreira (@juancpedreira) September 2, 2019
It has been 14 hours now with #Dorian in #Freeport #Bahamas and still this is the roof of a home there and take notice of the wind and rush of the waves of this family already on the top floor of the house! pic.twitter.com/6bWS9RSN8w
— Gilbert NMO Morris (@MorrisMedici) September 2, 2019
This is what people on Abaco, Bahamas woke to this morning after passing of #HurricaneDorian Complete devastating scenes… Source @revel75 #Dorian #Dorian2019 pic.twitter.com/381hhDyCSj
— WEATHER/ METEO WORLD (@StormchaserUKEU) September 2, 2019
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