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TOPSHOT - Businesses are seen shuttered near Fort Pierce Jetty Park, in Florida on September 2, 2019. Monster storm Dorian stalled over the Bahamas Monday as surging seawaters and ferocious winds sowed chaos in low-lying island communities, claiming at least five lives and spurring mass evacuations on the US east coast. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport closed at noon due to a mandatory closure order due to winds associated with Hurricane Dorian. Monster storm Dorian came to a near stand-still over the Bahamas, prolonging the agony as surging seawaters and hurricane winds made a shambles of low-lying island communities and spurred mass evacuations along the US east coast. It weakened slightly Monday to a still-devastating Category 4 storm, punishing Grand Bahama Island with "catastrophic winds and storm surge," the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said in its 1500 GMT bulletin. (Photo by Adam DelGiudice / AFP) (Photo by ADAM DELGIUDICE/AFP via Getty Images)