Aerial footage taken on Wednesday shows utter devastation in Marsh Harbour, one of the first places in the Bahamas ravaged by Hurricane Dorian. The video recorded over the Bahamas' Great Abaco Island showed mile upon mile of flooded neighbourhoods, pulverised buildings, upturned boats and shipping containers scattered like toys. Many buildings that had not been flattened had walls or roofs partly ripped away. “We are in the midst of a historic tragedy,” said the Bahamian prime minister, Hubert Minnis. “The devastation is unprecedented and extensive.”
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Hurricane Dorian: aerial footage reveals extent of devastation in Bahamas – as it happened
Video shows the scale of catastrophe as the storm continues to move away from the Bahamas and towards Florida
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Kari Paul logging off for the evening. Please stay tuned tomorrow for more updates as Dorian reaches the US coast and the picture of effects on the Bahamas become clearer.
Here are the latest updates from this afternoon:
The death toll for Hurricane Dorian climbed to seven, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said on Tuesday night, according to CNN. The death toll, which was at five earlier in the day, has been expected to climb as survivors of the natural disaster face ongoing food and medicine shortages.
Continue reading...Hurricane Dorian: officials worldwide seek aid amid ‘historic tragedy’ in Bahamas
Thousands left without shelter and likely to face food and water shortages, say UN, US and local authorities
US officials and counterparts around the world sent out an urgent call for help for the Bahamas after the northernmost islands in the archipelago were pulverized by Hurricane Dorian.
Thousands of residents of Grand Bahama and Abaco islands are without shelter, stranded by flooding and are likely to suffer shortages of food, water and medicine that will worsen without quick action by the international community, according to coordinated messages from the United Nations, the US state department, the US embassy in Nassau and local officials.
Continue reading...Hurricane Dorian: devastation and destruction in the Bahamas – in pictures
Images show the extent of flooding in cities including Nassau due to the hurricane, which has left at least 30 dead
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The storm has stalled over the Bahamas, lashing the islands with wind, rain and storm surges, and killing at least five people. Thousands of homes were inundated with floodwater as rescue operations tried to reach stranded residents, many trapped on roofs. Dorian has now weakened to a category-2 hurricane but expanded in size as it heads towards the US.
Continue reading...Hurricane Dorian: five dead as ‘extreme destruction’ inflicted on Bahamas
Dorian stalls over Grand Bahama, bringing high winds, torrential rain and storm surges
Hurricane Dorian has stalled over the Bahamas, lashing the islands with wind, rain and storm surges, and killing at least five people.
Thousands of homes were inundated by floodwater as rescue operations tried to reach stranded residents, many trapped on roofs.
Continue reading...Deadly Hurricane Dorian stalls over Bahamas – video
Hurricane Dorian continued to thrash the Bahamas with fierce winds and heavy rain after barely moving from its position all day. At 8pm EDT Monday, the storm's centre was about 25 miles (40km) north-east of Freeport on Grand Bahama Island. At least five people have died, with the prime minister, Hubert Minnis, calling it 'an historic tragedy'.
Continue reading...Hurricane Dorian leaves trail of destruction across the Bahamas – video
Hurricane Dorian has pummelled the Bahamas with winds of over 180mph, unleashing massive flooding. Hubert Minnis, the prime minister of the Bahamas, said his country is 'in the midst of a historic tragedy' as at least five people were reported dead. The American Red Cross, which is already at standby in the Bahamas, is also preparing to shelter up to 60,000 Americans as the storm edges closer to the US.
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The storm has been downgraded to category 2, but is expected to remain ‘powerful’ with winds of up to 105mph
Hurricane Dorian was slowly moving up the United States’ south-eastern coast on Wednesday, after pummeling the Bahamas with deadly force.
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Bahamians say storm has left devastation, with buildings destroyed and bodies floating
• Hurricane Dorian hits Bahamas – live updates
Residents of the Abaco Islands and Grand Bahama have described “nightmarish” scenes as the full force of Hurricane Dorian struck the northernmost part of the Bahamas.
As the first person to have died in the storm was reported to be seven-year-old Lachino Mcintosh, who drowned after his family tried to move from their home, witnesses described large-scale flooding and damage as 185mph (300km/h) winds ripped roofs from buildings.
Continue reading...Hurricane Dorian: as many as 13,000 houses severely damaged or destroyed in Bahamas – live updates
Reports an eight-year-old boy has been killed after Dorian made landfall at Great Abaco Island on Sunday
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Despite its downgrade, Dorian is still a powerful hurricane and will remain so in the coming days. There’s not much difference between an intense category 4 and a low-end category 5.
Friendly reminder: There is little difference in impact between a #hurricane at the top end of Cat 4 and "low end" of Cat 5. Grand Bahama Island would certainly vouch for that right now. #Dorian pic.twitter.com/g93aDrp02T
Disastrous flooding from the Bahamas - lady who posted this video said: “#HurricaneDorian this was taken in a home by the canal my aunty live by the canal yall I scared” pic.twitter.com/EEZHE3GeCx
Queens Cove Grand Bahamas #Dorian pic.twitter.com/yDhBwoiy3k
NEW: The Hurricane Warning along the east coast of Florida has been extended northward to the Flagler/Volusia County Line. The Hurricane Watch has been extended northward to Altamaha Sound, Georgia. Full advisory on #Dorian is at: https://t.co/tW4KeFW0gB pic.twitter.com/at3bCDs6OQ
The National Hurricane Center expects the hurricane to gradually weaken and has reclassified from a category 5 to a category 4. Maximum winds are at 155 miles per hour, with higher gusts.
Continue reading...Hurricane Dorian lashes Bahamas with ferocious winds and flash flooding – video
Winds of more than 220mph (355km/h) have struck the northern Bahamas in the biggest storm to hit the Caribbean island chain in modern times. The ‘catastrophic’ category 5 hurricane forced the US states of Georgia and South Carolina to issue evacuation orders for their coastal communities on Sunday night as the National Hurricane Center warned of storm surges of 18-23ft (5.5-7 metres) above normal levels.
- Latest updates: as many as 13,000 houses severely damaged or destroyed
- News report: first reported death as category 5 storm hits Bahamas
Hurricane Dorian wreaks havoc on Bahamas as ‘catastrophic’ Category 5 storm – video
Yachts lie capsized in harbours after hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas on Sunday. It intensified into a dangerous category 5 storm as it approached and pounded the island chain with torrential rain, high waves and damaging winds. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has warned of wind gusts of more than 220mph (355km/h) and a storm surge of up to 23ft (7m), that will cause “extreme destruction” and could continue for “several hours”. Earlier, Samuel Butler from the Royal Bahamas police force said: 'We have our limitations. When the hurricane is upon us we will not be able to act. The roads will be filled with water ... and we will not be able to get to you."
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