Hurricane Dorian has fallen unpredictably since Sunday on the archipelago of the Bahamas, near the US coast, and has already killed five.

Hurricane Dorian weakened slightly in the night from Monday to Tuesday with winds of about 205 km / h over the Bahamas archipelago, US weather reports said.

The hurricane continues to hover over Grand Bahama Island and residents have to stay in the shelters, according to the latest report from the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami, released at 5:00 GMT.

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