There are reports of a storm surge covering two stories of homes and buildings. People were on their rooftops to evade the flooding. That is up to a 40 foot storm surge. Be prepared, it is going to a horrific scene when the water recedes.
September 3, 2019
By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Daniel Victor
NASA astronaut Nick Hague of the Expedition 60 crew snapped this photo of the eye of Hurricane Dorian, a Category 4 storm, from the International Space Station on Sept. 2, 2019 as the storm stalled over the northern Bahamas.
The storm was just north of Grand Bahama Island, (click here) delivering 120 m.p.h. winds and ceaseless downpours. It could move “dangerously close” to Florida later Tuesday....
...Hurricane Dorian, now a Category 3 storm, remained stalled over the Bahamas early Tuesday, pummeling the islands with unrelenting rain and winds as the United States waited to see what destructive path it would take.
The storm, one of the strongest on record in the Atlantic, remained stationary just north of Grand Bahama Island, delivering 120 mile-per-hour winds and ceaseless downpours that have flooded neighborhoods, destroyed homes and killed at least five people. The hurricane was expected to finally move northwest early Tuesday before turning north near Florida’s eastern coast by Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service....