Nation Hurricane Dorian, Category 5, blasts Bahamas with 185 mph winds as USA’s East Coast looms September 1, 2019September 1, 2019 John Bacon and Dan DeLuca, USA TODAY Comments Off on Hurricane Dorian, Category 5, blasts Bahamas with 185 mph winds as USA’s East Coast looms Hurricane Dorian roared into "catastrophic" Category 5 status Sunday and blasted into the Bahamas as one of the fiercest storms on record.