GENEVA: Hurricane Dorian has caused 'extensive damage' across the Bahamas, the Red Cross said Monday (Sep 2), warning that as many as 13,000 ...
, the Red Cross said Monday , warning that as many as 13,000 houses may have been severely damaged or destroyed.
Hurricane Dorian battered the Bahamas with ferocious wind and rain on Sunday, the monstrous Category 5 storm wrecking towns and homes as it churned on an uncertain path toward the US coast where hundreds of thousands were ordered to evacuate.But IFRC said that up to 13,000 houses may have been severely impacted.The organisation also warned that extensive flooding on the island of Abaco was believed to have contaminated wells with saltwater.
Packing sustained winds of 295kmh, Dorian crashed onshore in the Abacos Islands, in the northwest of the Bahamas, as the strongest storm ever to hit the Caribbean chain.
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