Dorian hitting coastal areas near USA. Its gusting air speed spikes to 295 km/hr.
Reminds me of the 1991 cyclone we watched hitting Chittagong. Its gusting air speed, still remember, was 330 km/hr. 150,000 people died in the resulting coastal waves that came with the cyclone. That count is for only bodies-found. Actual count was then estimated at 300,000 as many bodies were washed over to the ocean.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Bangladesh_cyclone
It toppled the second largest TV transmission tower in BD which was in Chittagong. And later a tender was issued calling to build a tower that can sustain 330 km/hr wind hit.
I still remember stories of miraculous survivals and deaths from that surge that were spreading like tales.
These days super storms like these are getting so frequent, that those are now almost a no-news event.