Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas as a deadly category 5 hurricane on Sunday and slowly pummeled the islands into Monday morning.
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Videos from people on the island below show the devastation of the powerful hurricane:
This is police headquarters in #Freeport , #Bahamas as result of #Hurricane #Dorian; with 5 hours or more left for a storm that may not leave until 9pm tonight! It suggests that the Bahamas and Caribbean must rethink its design/build strategies! #hurricanedorian2019 pic.twitter.com/rU3Sr1d9Lx
— Gilbert NMO Morris (@MorrisMedici) September 2, 2019
Cameras outside the station captured views at 11:27 a.m. ET on Sept. 2 of #HurricaneDorian over the northwestern Bahamas. The @NWSNHC said Dorian was almost stationary, moving toward the west at just 1 mile an hour just over 100 miles east of West Palm Beach, Florida. pic.twitter.com/b6ph2teoIZ
— Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) 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
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 Carroll (@TravisCC) September 2, 2019
As Grand Bahama struggles with Hurricane Dorian, portions of New Providnece, an island south of GB, was flooded. I do not own this video nor did I take it. But it appears to be in the Pinewood Gardens area. pic.twitter.com/fSskwHxzDT
— Travis Carroll (@TravisCC) September 2, 2019
Terrifying video out of #Freeport from a friend of @DawnANjax. Water keeps rising as families try to get to higher ground. @ActionNewsJax @MikeFirstAlert pic.twitter.com/MbHCcW3UiH
— Paige Kelton (@PaigeANjax) September 2, 2019
* I do not own this video, nor did I take it. A resident on Grand Bahama shows the horror unfolding inside his home during Hurricane Dorian. pic.twitter.com/lJ2GQDBTrG
— Travis Carroll (@TravisCC) September 2, 2019
Video from Hurricane #Dorian from Freeport. #FirstAlertWX pic.twitter.com/8apRzE3i4H
— Garrett Bedenbaugh (@wxgarrett) September 2, 2019
THIS AFTERNOON: The sophisticated Advanced Baseline Imager aboard NOAA's #GOES16 continues to monitor #HurricaneDorian, as it relentlessly pummels #GrandBahamaIsland. @NHC_Atlantic predicts "extreme destruction on the island." For updates: https://t.co/bf9oyNUeIP pic.twitter.com/8fVnUKPeqk
— NOAA Satellites - Public Affairs (@NOAASatellitePA) September 2, 2019
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Major flooding in New Providence due to #HurricaneDorian. This is over at Atlantis. pic.twitter.com/e7WCArXSpB
— Nahaja Black (@NahajaBlack) September 2, 2019
WATCH: Disastrous flooding from the #Bahamas as #HurricaneDorian continues to pummel the Islands.
— ActionNewsJax (@ActionNewsJax) September 2, 2019
THE LATEST FROM @MikeFirstAlert: https://t.co/z0Vp7gzgiK pic.twitter.com/auBoS2DNJK
Frightening video from a friend of @DawnANjax of #Dorian impact on #Freeport in the #Bahamas. @ActionNewsJax @MikeFirstAlert pic.twitter.com/8udFirZdX9
— Paige Kelton (@PaigeANjax) September 2, 2019
A scene of devastation in Abaco #hurricanedorian pic.twitter.com/S2lp1NDXF4
— Tribune242 (@Tribune242) September 1, 2019
View from Marsh Harbour, Abaco from parents house a few minutes ago. And not even hurricane force winds yet. pic.twitter.com/cTSecWKYVw
— Highy Caffeinated (@joltofcoffee) September 1, 2019
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Floodwaters in downtown Freeport near the courts.#dorian #hurricane #Rain #freeport pic.twitter.com/10KM5dXxAt
— Bahamas Press (@Bahamaspress) September 2, 2019
Destructive hurricane-force winds continue to lash #GrandBahamaIsland as #HurricaneDorian, seen here by NOAA's #GOESEast, remains nearly at a standstill. Find the latest updates on #Dorian at https://t.co/ScLdyBac9D. More: https://t.co/26FwC4BG29 pic.twitter.com/4bnzpsZ3b7
— NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) September 2, 2019
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