Rescue crews in the Bahamas fanned out across a landscape of smashed and flooded homes, trying to reach drenched and stunned victims of Hurricane Dorian and take the full measure of the disaster. The official death toll stood at 7 but was certain to rise.
Rescue crews in the Bahamas fanned out across a blasted landscape of smashed and flooded homes Wednesday, trying to reach drenched and stunned victims of Hurricane Dorian and take the full measure of the disaster. The official death toll stood at seven but was certain to rise.
National Security Minister Marvin Dames said rescue teams were fanning out as the wind and rain subsided, with more than 600 police officers and marines in Grand Bahama and 100 in Abaco. Health Minister Duane Sands said the government was airlifting 25 doctors, nurses and other health workers to Abaco and hoped to bring in mental health workers soon.
Red Cross spokesman Matthew Cochrane said Tuesday that more than 13,000 houses, or about 45% of the homes on Grand Bahama and Abaco, were believed to be severely damaged or destroyed. U.N. and Red Cross officials said tens of thousands of people will need food and clean drinking water. “Don’t tough it out. Get out,” said U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency official Carlos Castillo.
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