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Resilience is No Match for New Breed of Disasters

The Bahamas is in a dangerously uncertain position. Hurricane Dorian caused immense damage to the physical landscape of The Abacos and Grand Bahama and the mental landscape of the entire nation during its 3-day rampage. Surrounding the topics of creating strategies to recover from these losses, a fashionable buzzword pops up frequently: resilience.  The survivors …

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The Science of Dorian’s Devastating Disturbance

On August 24, 2019, a tropical wave in the Central Atlantic developed into a Tropical Storm named Dorian. This disturbance would serve as the fourth named storm, second hurricane, and first major hurricane of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season.  What follows is an account of the atmospheric elements which provided Major Hurricane Dorian with enough …

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