DEVELOPING: 'Catastrophic' Cat. 5 Hurricane Dorian inches across the northern Bahamas with 200 mph wind gusts and flooding.
early Monday, lashing the archipelago with 200 mph wind gusts and flooding the low-lying islands with a storm surge of up to 23 feet above normal.
When the hurricane made landfall on neighboring Great Abaco Island on Sunday at 2 p.m., Dorian's maximum sustained winds were 185 mph — an Atlantic hurricane record matched only by a storm that struck the Florida Keys in 1935.Although top sustained wind speeds have decreased to 165 mph early Monday, the hurricane center still called it"a life-threatening situation."
The National Hurricane Center said winds gusts of up to 200 mph and storm surge up to 23 feet above normal tide levels will continue over Grand Bahama Island during most of the day on Monday,"causing extreme destruction on the island."There was little information coming from the affected islands. Videos and photos shot by residents of Great Abaco island and obtained by NBC News showed relentless gusts of wind toppling trees and structural damage that included collapsed roofs.
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