Desperate for food, water and shelter, survivors of Hurricane Dorian, which pulverized the Bahamas as a Category 5 storm, were anxiously awaiting relief on Friday as teams searched through rubble of collapsed homes for bodies.
Evacuees from Marsh Harbor arrive at Nassau’s port on September 6, 2019, in Nassau, New Providence. – The final death toll from Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas could be “staggering,” a government minister has said as the storm lashed North Carolina in the US Friday with torrential rain and fierce wind.
The US Coast Guard and private organizations have been evacuating residents of Abaco and other islands to Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas which is located to the south and was spared the wrath of the hurricane. The 23-year-old was trying to locate four children and three adults, who should have arrived at the airport by now.The scale of the devastation has left many wondering if Abaco, in particular, can ever be rebuilt.
Health Minister Duane Sands said extra morticians and refrigerated coolers to store bodies were being sent to the affected islands.
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