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Hurricane Dorian: Bahamas suffers ‘huge damage’ as storm becomes joint strongest ever

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Hurricane Dorian: Bahamas suffers ‘huge damage’ as storm becomes joint strongest everHurricane Dorian has caused major damage in the Bahamas – destroying homes and ripping roofs from buildings – as it made landfall as the joint-strongest ever Atlantic storm. There were no immediate reports of deaths.As the governor of South Carolina ordered an evacuation of the entire coast as the storm threatened the US, Bahamian and tourists in places such as the Abaco Islands and Marsh Harbour, took shelter in schools and churches when Dorian made landfall as a category 5 storm with gusts of up to 220mph and a sustained speed of 185mph.

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