Dorian

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Dorian is the name of a powerful and destructive Atlantic hurricane whose severity led to its permanent retirement from the rotating list of storm names.

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Dorian canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Atlantic hurricane
Category 5 hurricane
affectedArea Abaco Islands
Atlantic Canada
Bahamas
Florida
Georgia
Grand Bahama
Newfoundland and Labrador
North Carolina
Nova Scotia
South Carolina
Southeastern United States
Virginia
basin Atlantic Ocean
caused extensive wind damage in the Bahamas
heavy rainfall and flooding in the southeastern United States
power outages in Atlantic Canada
storm surge flooding in the Bahamas
classification Cape Verde-type hurricane
dissipatedOn 2019-09-10
economicDamage_USD over 4000000000
tens of billions in the Bahamas
fatalities_estimated 70+
fatalitiesConfirmed at least 70
formedOn 2019-08-24
landfallCategory_Abaco 5
landfallIntensity_Abaco_mph 185
madeLandfallIn Abaco Islands
Grand Bahama
maximumCategoryOnSSHWS 5
maximumSustainedWinds_mph 185
minimumCentralPressure_hPa 910
name Dorian
nameRetired true
nameRetiredBy World Meteorological Organization
nameRetiredFrom Atlantic hurricane naming list
notableFor catastrophic damage in the northern Bahamas
one of the strongest hurricanes on record in the Atlantic by wind speed at landfall
partOf 2019 Atlantic hurricane season
reachedCategory5On 2019-09-01
reasonForRetirement extreme destruction and loss of life in the Bahamas
replacementName Dexter
season 2019 Atlantic hurricane season
slowMovementOver Grand Bahama
track moved from the tropical Atlantic toward the Bahamas and then parallel to the U.S. East Coast
year 2019

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Hurricane Dorian name Dorian
subject linked to: Dorian