The death toll from Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas will be “staggering”. The official death toll currently is 30 but is expected to rise further. Officials are sending Morticians and 200 body bags to the Abaco Islands which is where the hurricane hit the most.
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Dorian is now hitting the coasts of South and North Carolina but is weakening.
Officials have said that hundreds to possibly thousands are still missing in the Abacos and Grand Bahama.
Bahamas health minister Duane Sands said: “Let me say that I believe the number will be staggering. I have never lived through anything like this and I don’t want to live through anything like this again.”
There is as many as 13,000 homes destroyed or severely damaged after it was hit by winds up to 185 mph and gusts up to 220 mph for days. Some parts of the Bahamas saw up to 35 inches of rain which flooded the island. A British Royal Navy vessel is providing assistance and Jamaica is sending 150 military personnel to help secure Abaco and Grand Bahama. Eight tonnes (8,000kg) of ready-to-eat meals, storage units, generators and other emergency suppliers are to be flown in from Panama
The Island of Great Abaco is left with no water, power or food and bodies are piled up of the victims.
