Hurricane Dorian
12 Sep 2019
Officials in the Bahamas have listed some 2,500 people as missing in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian. Meanwhile, the White House said it was not planning to give islanders temporary protected immigration status.
11 Sep 2019
Hurricane Dorian has weakened to a Category 3 storm as it moves towards the east coast of the United States after wreaking havoc on the Bahamas. Bloomberg's Annmarie Hordern examines the storm's expected path and the potential cost of insurance losses on "Bloomberg Surveillance."
9 Sep 2019
Hurricane Dorian unleashed flooding and heavy winds along the southeast coast of the United States before heading off into the Atlantic. It's current track has the storm reaching Canada's Nova Scotia next.
7 Sep 2019
US President Donald Trump says "we don't evem know what's coming at us" as he receives a briefing at Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) on Hurricane Dorian. He added, "All we know it's possibly the biggest. I'm not sure I've ever heard of a Category 5." The monster Category 5 storm has made landfall in the Bahamas' Abacos islands with winds gusting over 220 mph, reports the National Hurricane Center.
5 Sep 2019
Hurricane Dorian, tied as the most powerful storm to hit land anywhere in the Atlantic, battered the Bahamas inflicting colossal damage to property and infrastructure across the chain of islands. Bloomberg's Stuart Wallace reports on "Bloomberg Surveillance."
4 Sep 2019
Hurricane Dorian pounded the Bahamas on Monday, killing at least five people and inundating homes with floodwater ahead of its expected advance on the U.S. coast, where more than a million people were ordered evacuated.
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