What is Hurricane Dorian?
{{Infobox hurricane | Name = Hurricane Dorian | Type = hurricane | Year = 2019 | Basin = Atl | Image location = Dorian 2019-09-01 1641Z.jpg|thumb|right|Dorian at its peak as a category 5 | Image name = Hurricane Dorian at peak intensity over the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas on September 1 | Image alt = Hurricane Dorian at peak intensity over the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas | Formed = {{start date|August&nbsp;24, 2019}} | Dissipated = {{end date|September&nbsp;10, 2019}} | Extratropical = September&nbsp;7, 2019 | 1-min winds = 160 | Pressure = 910 | Damages = 5100 | Inflated = 0 | Fatalities = 84 total, 245 missing | Areas = {{flatlist| *[[Lesser Antilles]] *[[Puerto Rico]] *[[The Bahamas]] *[[Eastern United States]] *[[Eastern Canada]] }} | Hurricane season = [[2019 Atlantic hurricane season]] }} [[File:Hurricane Dorian chart 2019-09-09 0000.png|thumb|right|The intensity and pressure of Dorian]] '''Hurricane Dorian''' was a tragic 2019 [[tropical cyclone]]. The storm hit the [[British Virgin Islands|British]] and [[United States]] [[Virgin Islands]] and nearly hit [[Puerto Rico]]. It was the fourth named storm, second [[hurricane]], first major hurricane, and a first Category 5 hurricane of the [[2019 Atlantic hurricane season]]. On August 30, Dorian became a first major hurricane of the season, and then became a Category 4 hurricane from a Category 2 in 9 hours. Dorian later became a Category 5 hurricane, making 2019 the fourth consecutive season to feature at least one Category 5 hurricane ([[Hurricane Matthew|Matthew]] in [[2016 Atlantic hurricane season|2016]], [[Hurricane Irma|Irma]] and [[Hurricane Maria|Maria]] in [[2017 Atlantic hurricane season|2017]], and [[Hurricane Michael|Michael]] in [[2018 Atlantic hurricane season|2018]]). The storm was the second most-intense storm to strike anywhere in the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic basin]]. Dorian struck the north western [[Bahamas]] with 185 mph sustained winds and heavy [[flood|flooding]]. This was the most powerful tropical cyclone on the record to hit the