Looking up inside the eye wall of one of the most powerful hurricanes on record, Hurricane Dorian, on Sunday, as shared by Meteorologist and US Air Force Hurricane Hunter GBlack22wx.
, a slow-moving, devastating Category 5 storm, made landfall on Sunday in the northwest Bahamas, where"catastrophic effects" were expected, the National Hurricane Center said.
The winds ripped off roofs and tore down power lines as hundreds of people hunkered down in schools, churches and other shelters, according to theThe storm's power was second only to that of Hurricane Allen in 1980, with its 190 mph winds. It also tied with the 1935 Labor Day hurricane for the strongest Atlantic hurricane landfall on record, the AP reported.
Parts of Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie and Brevard counties began ordering mandatory evacuations Sunday. St. Johns County said it would order an evacuation on Monday. Those evacuating in Florida included 400 animals from the South Florida Wildlife Center such as hawks, burrowing owls, Eastern screech owls, a black vulture, a red-bellied woodpecker, a gopher tortoise and a flock of black-bellied whistling ducklings.
"The hurricane will spin close enough to lash the southeast United States Monday through Wednesday as it churns northward up the coast," Strouss said, adding that the storm could cause major travel disruptions. In Georgia, Guard members were planning to assemble on Monday. In South Carolina, the Guard was preparing to mobilize to support full coastal evacuation, and in North Carolina, the Guard said its response would depend on the storm's track.
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