Once in a lifetime: what made Hurricane Dorian unique

While the geographical extent of this Category 5 event was limited mainly to the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahamas, the record-setting landfall intensity and highly unusual storm path and trajectory – in combination with its extensive damage footprint – was so shocking that it reignited debate on whether the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale should be amended to add further categorization that would include such upper-echelon events.