Hurricane Dorian struck the northern Bahamas on Sunday,... with 185 miles-per-hour winds from the category 5 hurricane ravaging the area and destroying homes.
The maximum wind speeds tie the record for the most powerful Atlantic hurricane ever to come ashore,... and millions in Florida and the Carolinas are now on alert,... as the hurricane is expected to move northeastward.
Officials in the Bahamas say the hurricane is expected to affect over 73-thousand residents and 21-thousand homes.
Authorities in the Bahamas have closed the airports for the Abaco Islands,... Grand Bahama, and Bimini,... but Lynden Pindling International Airport, located in the capital, remains open.