Tourists scrambled to leave the Bahamas on Friday as Hurricane Dorian approached...
- Tourists scrambled to leave the Bahamas on Friday as Hurricane Dorian approached its northwestern islands of Grand Bahama and Abaco, eager to take off before the international airport was to shut down at 10 p.m.
The Miami-based National Hurricane Center said in a statement at 8:30 p.m. EDT Friday that Dorian had strengthened into an “extremely dangerous” category 4 hurricane, packing maximum sustained winds of 130 mph . In a televised news conference Friday afternoon, Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said Dorian was moving slowly, extending the islands’ exposure to the storm.
Pauline Powell, from Dublin, had planned to stay on vacation in Grand Bahama through Sunday, but left for London early when the storm picked up. Powell, 26, said the staff at her hotel, Island Seas Resort, had already boarded up first- and second-floor windows when she headed to the airport Friday morning.Locals were left to seal up their homes and businesses before the storm’s expected arrival this weekend.
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