Authorities in the Bahamas made a last-minute plea to residents and tourists on ...
- Authorities in the Bahamas made a last-minute plea to residents and tourists on Saturday to seek shelter as time ran out before powerful Hurricane Dorian hits, warning those that refused to move that their lives were at risk.
Packing maximum sustained winds of 150 mph , the Category 4 storm was forecast to hit the Bahamas on Sunday with more than two feet of rainfall in places, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. “We are asking residents in those areas to leave the coastline, we expect a storm surge of up to 15 feet, in addition to that we have a spring tide that can increase the surge by 2 to 3 feet,” Simmons added.
Grand Bahama and Abaco are hubs for the Bahamas’ thriving tourism industry. The nation owes nearly 30% of its direct gross domestic product and half of its jobs to the industry, Joy Jibrilu, director general of the Ministry of Tourism, said.
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