Dorian is the most powerful hurricane to hit the Bahamas and the worst storm of the year on a global scale – Telam

Hurricane Dorian has become one of the most intense ever recorded in the Atlantic, the most powerful for badping the Bahamas since records and the worst storm of the year on the planet, reaching winds of 289 kilometers (180 miles on time). and be reclbadified in Category 5, the maximum on the Saffir-Simpson scale, according to the US National Hurricane Center, toward the coasts towards which it is heading.

Dorian has a wind speed of 180 km / h (about 289 km / h), making it the most powerful hurricane of all speed records in northwestern Bahamas, the National Hurricane Center said in its announcement. , according to the agency DPA and CNN.

The storm produced bursts of up to 220 miles at the time (about 354 kilometers at the time) and is already the strongest storm on the planet this year.

"Catastrophic conditions" are occurring in the Abaco Islands, the center said.

In addition, a cyclone alert was launched on the east coast of Florida, from north Deerfield Beach to the Volusia / Brevard County border.

The Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, has asked the people of the east coast of the state that the hurricane could reach in the coming days, so prepare for an evacuation in case the authorities l & # 39; ordraient.

The center advised the Bahamians and the archipelago authorities to prepare for "a flood of potentially deadly torrential waters and rains".

"The extreme winds and the storm surge will last several hours," according to the center's latest release. "Residents are asked to go to the shelter immediately," he adds.