As morning broke in the Bahamas on Monday, residents who rode out Hurricane Dorian described buzz-saw-like winds that splintered homes, flooded streets and left them terrified for their lives.
Dorian remained a massive Category 5 hurricane Monday morning with sustained winds of 165 mph as it continued to pummel the Bahamas in the Atlantic Ocean. ABC News correspondent Marcus Moore said he and his news crew hunkered down in a hotel in the Abaco Islands and that by Monday morning, the hotel appeared to be the only structure still standing in the immediate area.
— ABC News September 2, 2019 Kim Mullins, a resident of Grand Bahama Island, told"GMA" she lived through Hurricane Floyd in 1999, Hurricane Frances and Jeanne in 2004, Hurricane Wilma in 2005, Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and Hurricane Irma in 2017. But she said she realizes Hurricane Dorian is the most menacing beast yet.
EYE OF THE STORM: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration plane flies through the eye of Dorian as the Category 5 hurricane pummels the Bahamas. https://t.co/X6Ohdtkg9H pic.twitter.com/wveTQ2uCdf — Marcus Moore September 1, 2019 According to the current path of Hurricane Dorian, it looks like the closest passage to Florida will be near Cape Canaveral by Tuesday night into Wednesday morning with forecast sustained winds of 125 mph, which would make it a Category 3 hurricane.
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