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I should add there is no analog for this storm...there has never been a large powerful hurricane moving in from the south and basically stalling..

Hurricane Iniki in 1992 moved in from the south but only hit the low populated small western islands..and it was moving rather fast

I believe the peaks on the eastern islands will be the highest any hurricane has approached on record (13,000 ft)

This is greatly enhance rainfall...

The Dominican Republic is home to the Caribbean’s highest peak, Pico Duarte (10,128 ft.)


54 posted on 08/23/2018 8:21:32 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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September 1992: Hurricane Iniki caused more damage than any other hurricane to affect Hawaiʻi since records began. It hit the island of Kauai as a Category 4 on September 11. Iniki caused $3.1 billion in damage, mainly to Kauai.[23] It remains the costliest East/Central Pacific hurricane on record. Six died as a result. Iniki brought winds of 140 miles per hour (230 km/h).
55 posted on 08/23/2018 8:46:58 AM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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