Hurricane Dorian fast facts
As of 5 a.m. EDT Tuesday, Dorian was a Category 3 storm battering Grand Bahama Island, the National Hurricane Center said. It had been a Category 5.
The storm had top sustained winds of 120 mph and was stationary, though some slow movement was expected to start Tuesday morning.
At least five people were killed on the Abaco Islands, according to Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis, who called Dorian "a historic tragedy."
Forecasters say when Dorian does decide to move it will stare right at the coasts of Florida, Georgia and North and South Carolina and could cause dangerous storm surges.
Hurricane Dorian was "planted" over Grand Bahama island early Tuesday, the U.S. National Hurricane center said. It "won't budge," the center declared.
But it added, "A slow north-northwestward motion is expected to begin this morning."
Dorian was a Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph as of 5 a.m. EDT, the center said, after slamming into the Bahamas as a Category 5 -- as powerful as a hurricane can get.
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