7-Year-Old Boy Becomes First Fatality of Hurricane Dorian: Report

7-Year-Old Boy Becomes First Fatality of Hurricane Dorian: Report
Strong winds move the palms of the palm trees at the first moment of the arrival of Hurricane Dorian in Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas, on Sept. 1, 2019. Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
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A 7-year-old boy became the first fatality of monster hurricane Dorian as it crawled over the Abaco Islands at just 1 mph, grinding the Bahamas with record 220 mph winds.

Dorian hit the Bahamas as a category 5 hurricane, packing sustained winds of 185 mph, making it the second most powerful hurricane on record, tied with the Labor Day storm of 1935 as the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the Atlantic basin.

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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