Nation At least 5 dead as ‘historic’ Hurricane Dorian weakens, but batters Bahamas, estimated 13,000 homes destroyed September 2, 2019September 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.