Hurricane Dorian made landfall at Elbow Cay in The Bahamas at 12:40 pm EDT on Sunday with 185 mph winds, gusting to 220 mph, making the storm the strongest Atlantic region landfall in recorded history.
By Sunday, the storm was rated as a Category 5 and is expected to last for around thirty hours in the Bahamasn before it moves on toward the U.S.A.
The storm has already caused major damage in the area. Marsh Harbor Bahamas has already been totally destroyed, according to reports.
https://twitter.com/EmeraldWTSP/status/1168285593647931392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1168285593647931392&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fgodfatherpolitics.com%2Fhurricane-dorian-gearing-up-for-destruction-of-historic-proportions%2F
3 PM EDT Tropical Cyclone Update: Catastrophic Category 5 #Dorian moving across Great Abaco. https://t.co/tW4KeFW0gB pic.twitter.com/utubo27ZCB
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) September 1, 2019
Here's the 10 pm EDT Tropical Cyclone Update: Extremely dangerous #Dorian remains stationary and continues to thrash Grand Bahama Island. The next full advisory will be released by 11 pm. https://t.co/tW4KeFW0gB pic.twitter.com/tzrywpnuDo
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) September 3, 2019
Other footage of the storm’s damage is devestating:
The footage floating around Twitter from that Category 5 hurricane is unbelievably tragic.pic.twitter.com/XmE8aPS4AS
— Bruce Blitz (@BruceBlitz) September 1, 2019
https://twitter.com/samgerrits/status/1168236142556323840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1168236142556323840&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fgodfatherpolitics.com%2Fhurricane-dorian-gearing-up-for-destruction-of-historic-proportions%2F
https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1168237826573570049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1168237826573570049&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fgodfatherpolitics.com%2Fhurricane-dorian-gearing-up-for-destruction-of-historic-proportions%2F
https://twitter.com/julmisjames/status/1168221885718568960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1168221885718568960&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fgodfatherpolitics.com%2Fhurricane-dorian-gearing-up-for-destruction-of-historic-proportions%2F
Dorian is expected to hit the U.S. around the West Palm Beach area and then spin north toward Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina.