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Tropical Cyclone
Hurricane Dorian (2019)
24 August 2019 · North Atlantic · Category 5
Hurricane Dorian formed in the North Atlantic basin on 24 August 2019 and lasted 16 days. Its sustained winds reached 296 km/h, Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 910 hPa. It made landfall in Canada. It killed at least 84 people. It is the 38th most powerful tropical cyclone recorded since 1950.
- Formed
- 24 August 2019
- Dissipated
- 9 September 2019
- Duration
- 16 days
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 296 km/h (160 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 5
- Minimum Pressure
- 910 hPa
- Deaths
- 84
- Estimated Damage
- 7 billion US dollars
Countries Hit
- Cat. 1Canada148 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 5Hurricane Lorenzo259 km/h
- Cat. 3Hurricane Humberto204 km/h
- Cat. 1Hurricane Barry120 km/h
- TSTropical Storm Nestor93 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth