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In August 2019 'Hurricane Dorian' struck which one of the following places?

In August 2019 'Hurricane Dorian' struck which one of the following places? Correct Answer Bahamas

Option 4 is the correct answer: Hurricane Dorian struck the Bahamas in August 2019.

  • Hurricane Dorian was a category 5 Hurricane that hit Elbow Cay in the Bahamas.
  • The hurricane originated in Central Atlantic and made landfall in the Bahamas on September 1, 2019.
  • Then while moving towards northwest it started weakening and when it made landfall in North Carolina, the USA had weakened to category 1 hurricane.
  • The maximum wind speed was 185 miles per hour and the minimum pressure was 910 millibars.
  • Humberto, Lorenzo, and Pablo were the other major hurricanes.

Hurricane:

  • Hurricanes are a kind of tropical cyclones that originate in the North Atlantic Ocean and Northeast Pacific ocean.
  • The storms rise up when a low-pressure region is built up in water bodies due to low-temperature conditions.
  • When the wind speed in these whirling storms exceeds 74 miles per hour it is termed as Hurricane.
  • The hurricanes are classified into five categories depending on their speeds.

Name of Tropical Cyclones in different parts of the world:

Region  Name fro Tropical cyclones
Cyclone Indian Ocean
Typhoon Northwest Pacific
Hurricane Atlantic
Willy Willy Southwest Australia

 

 

 

 

  • Bahamas:
    • It is a country located in Lucayan Archipelago and comprises of around 700 islands.
    • Columbus discovered this land when he was on a journey to explore the sea route to India.
    • Nassau is the capital of the Bahamas and Bahamian Dollar is the currency.
  • Sao Paulo is the most populous city in Brazil.
  • Nicosia is the capital city of Cyprus.
  • California is a state of the USA federation, located in the western part of the USA.

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