Hurricane Dorian Strikes Carolina One Dead Great Loss To Property
Hurricane Dorian regained strength late Wednesday, again becoming a Category 3 storm as it moved slowly up the U.S. Southeast coast and approached North and South Carolina. It brought strong wind gusts and heavy rain to Florida Wednesday after leaving at least 20 dead in the Bahamas and parts of that nation of low-lying islands in ruins.
As Hurricane Dorian slogs up the Carolinas coast, forecasters are predicting high storm surges and drenching rains that could trigger flooding and unleash environmental hazards in areas still recovering from previous year’s hurricane Florence.
The National Hurricane Center had said earlier that Dorian could pick up strength on Wednesday night and briefly jump back from Category 2 to Category 3. It was reclassified when its maximum sustained winds reached 115 mph late Wednesday.
Hurricane Dorian has gained some added strength, increasing the risk of storm hazards. It maximum sustained winds are back up to p115 mh.It would be the first category 3 storm to hit Carolina after hurricane Frank in the year 1996.
North Carolina reported its first storm-related death on Wednesday: Gov. Roy Cooper told reporters that an 85-year-old man fell from a ladder and died while preparing for the storm in Columbus County.
While the storm may not make landfall in the US, residents of coastal Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, and Virginia still face dangerous storm surges, rain, and winds. The NHC warned of life-threatening flash flooding across the coast of Georgia and the eastern Carolinas from Wednesday night through Friday.
A hurricane warning was in effect for north of Savannah River, which divides South Carolina and Georgia, to the North Carolina-Virginia border, including Pamlico and Albemarle sounds. Tropical storm warnings and watches extended as far north as Fenwick Island, Delaware.
Hurricanes of such intensity occur once every three years in this region on average, and mostly in September.
It can bring substantial, destructive, life-threatening storm surge associated with the storm.
Only in six seasons — 1932, 1933, 1961, 2005, 2007, and 2017 — have more than one Category 5 hurricane formed. Only in 2005 have more than two Category 5 hurricanes formed, and only in 2007 and 2017 did more than one make landfall at Category 5 strength.
Dorian will cause damage of insurance losses, according to analysts at UBS Group AG, the costliest of any natural disaster since 2017. Depending on whether it hits the eastern coast of Florida in the next few days, the storm could cost as much as $40 billion, they said.The damage to some of the region’s large tourist hotels will likely hit revenue in a country where tourism accounts for about half of gross domestic product, said Andrew Stanners, investment director for Aberdeen Standard Investments, which owns the nation’s dollar bonds. The Bahamas has recently taken “strident steps” to improve government finances, which leave it better placed to repair the devastation, he said.
Hurricane Dorian Strikes Carolina One Dead Great Loss To Property
Hurricane Dorian regained strength late Wednesday, again becoming a Category 3 storm as it moved slowly up the U.S. Southeast coast and approached North and South Carolina. It brought strong wind gusts and heavy rain to Florida Wednesday after leaving at least 20 dead in the Bahamas and parts of that nation of low-lying islands in ruins.
As Hurricane Dorian slogs up the Carolinas coast, forecasters are predicting high storm surges and drenching rains that could trigger flooding and unleash environmental hazards in areas still recovering from previous year’s hurricane Florence.
The National Hurricane Center had said earlier that Dorian could pick up strength on Wednesday night and briefly jump back from Category 2 to Category 3. It was reclassified when its maximum sustained winds reached 115 mph late Wednesday.
Hurricane Dorian has gained some added strength, increasing the risk of storm hazards. It maximum sustained winds are back up to p115 mh.It would be the first category 3 storm to hit Carolina after hurricane Frank in the year 1996.
North Carolina reported its first storm-related death on Wednesday: Gov. Roy Cooper told reporters that an 85-year-old man fell from a ladder and died while preparing for the storm in Columbus County.
While the storm may not make landfall in the US, residents of coastal Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, and Virginia still face dangerous storm surges, rain, and winds. The NHC warned of life-threatening flash flooding across the coast of Georgia and the eastern Carolinas from Wednesday night through Friday.
A hurricane warning was in effect for north of Savannah River, which divides South Carolina and Georgia, to the North Carolina-Virginia border, including Pamlico and Albemarle sounds. Tropical storm warnings and watches extended as far north as Fenwick Island, Delaware.
Hurricanes of such intensity occur once every three years in this region on average, and mostly in September.
It can bring substantial, destructive, life-threatening storm surge associated with the storm.
Only in six seasons — 1932, 1933, 1961, 2005, 2007, and 2017 — have more than one Category 5 hurricane formed. Only in 2005 have more than two Category 5 hurricanes formed, and only in 2007 and 2017 did more than one make landfall at Category 5 strength.
Dorian will cause at least $25 billion of insurance losses, according to analysts at UBS Group AG, the costliest of any natural disaster since 2017. Depending on whether it hits the eastern coast of Florida in the next few days, the storm could cost as much as $40 billion, they said.
The damage to some of the region’s large tourist hotels will likely hit revenue in a country where tourism accounts for about half of gross domestic product, said Andrew Stanners, investment director for Aberdeen Standard Investments, which owns the nation’s dollar bonds. The Bahamas has recently taken “strident steps” to improve government finances, which leave it better placed to repair the devastation, he said.
The damage to some of the region’s large tourist hotels will likely hit revenue in a country where tourism accounts for about half of gross domestic product, said Andrew Stanners, investment director for Aberdeen Standard Investments, which owns the nation’s dollar bonds. The Bahamas has recently taken “strident steps” to improve government finances, which leave it better placed to repair the devastation, he said.
