Hurricane Hurricane Dorian

[akt1985]

Does Dorian qualify as a Cape Verde Hurricane since it wasn’t named until the storm was almost to the Windward Islands?

 

[warneagle]

Yeah, it’s a “Cape Verde hurricane” as long as it originated from a tropical wave that passed through that area.

 

[warneagle]

Emergency management in the Bahamas reported yesterday that there are still 2,500 people officially listed as missing. About 45% of the homes on the Abaco Islands and Grand Bahama Island are destroyed.

 

[warneagle]

Down to 1,300 missing now.