Video captures Hurricane Dorian's destructive wind and rain in Bahamas
Ocean waves are seen during the approach of Hurricane Dorian on Sunday in Nassau, Bahamas. LUCY WORBOYS/AFP/Getty Images
With winds clocking in at 185 mph, Hurricane Dorian is now the strongest hurricane to ever hit the Bahamas.tied for second with the highest wind speed of any hurricane anywhere in the Atlantic in the modern era since 1950in Barbuda, St. Martin and the British Virgin Islands in 2017 .between 5 a.m. ET and 12:45 p.m. ET . Rapid Intensification of a hurricane is when its top wind speeds increase by 35 mph or more in 24 hours or less.
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