Joaquin Misses The U.S., The Hurricane Drought Continues | The Daily Caller

“The south of the island near Clarencetown was just obliterated,” Photojournalist Eddy Rafael told The Weather Channel. “People were running into the streets and making signals to land. You could see people tearing toward the airport … thinking that we were going to head on to the airport. Which was kind of devastating; it really brought tears to your eyes that we couldn’t come.”

On Saturday, Joaquin re-intensified, reaching wind speed levels just short of a Category 5 storm. Colorado State University meteorologist Dr. Phil Klotzbach noted that Joaquin was “the first Category 4 hurricane to track through The Bahamas in October since 1866,” according to The Weather Channel.

After devastating the Bahamas, Joaquin moved northeast towards Bermuda, hitting the small island with wind gusts up to 64 miles per hour. Now the storm is leaving Bermuda and heading towards Europe.

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“The south of the island near Clarencetown was just obliterated,” Photojournalist Eddy Rafael told The Weather Channel. “People were running into the streets and making signals to land. You could see people tearing toward the airport … thinking that we were going to head on to the airport. Which was kind of devastating; it really brought tears to your eyes that we couldn’t come.”

On Saturday, Joaquin re-intensified, reaching wind speed levels just short of a Category 5 storm. Colorado State University meteorologist Dr. Phil Klotzbach noted that Joaquin was “the first Category 4 hurricane to track through The Bahamas in October since 1866,” according to The Weather Channel.

After devastating the Bahamas, Joaquin moved northeast towards Bermuda, hitting the small island with wind gusts up to 64 miles per hour. Now the storm is leaving Bermuda and heading towards Europe.

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