Nation At least 5 dead as ‘historic’ Hurricane Dorian weakens, but batters Bahamas, estimated 13,000 homes destroyed September 3, 2019 John Bacon, Michael Braun and Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY Comments Off on At least 5 dead as ‘historic’ Hurricane Dorian weakens, but batters Bahamas, estimated 13,000 homes destroyed The record-setting Dorian weakened to a Category 3 hurricane from a Category 4 storm early Tuesday morning but continues to batter the Bahamas.