Watch as the eye of Hurricane Dorian begins to form in this 1-minute visible loop from NOAA's GOES East. "Dangerous Hurricane Dorian poses a significant threat to Florida and the northwestern Bahamas," according to the National Hurricane Center. If Dorian continues on its current track, the storm's core should "move over the Atlantic well north of the southeastern and central Bahamas today and tomorrow, be near or over the northwestern Bahamas on Sunday, and be near the Florida peninsula late Mo

When Dorian developed in the Atlantic Ocean during the last week of August 2019, steering winds pushed the storm forward at a respectable rate—about 10-15 miles (16-24 kilometers) per hour. So when the hurricane passed between Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, damage from the storm surge, rain, and wind was modest, explained NASA atmospheric scientist Marangelly Cordero-Fuentes. But as the intensifying storm approached the Bahamas, its forward motion slowed to an excruciating pace. A nigh

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