FREEPORT, Bahamas (ASSOCIATED PRESS) - Practically parking itself over the Bahamas for a day and a half, Hurricane Dorian pounded away at the islands on Tuesday (Sept 3) in a catastrophic onslaught that sent floodwaters up to the second floors of buildings, trapped people in attics and chased others from one shelter to another. At least five deaths were reported.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
FREEPORT, Bahamas - Practically parking itself over the Bahamas for a day and a half, Hurricane Dorian pounded away at the islands on Tuesday in a catastrophic onslaught that sent flood waters up to the second floors of buildings, trapped people in attics and chased others from one shelter to another. At least five deaths were reported.
Desperate callers trying to find loved ones left messages with local radio stations as the country's health minister said medical teams would be sent to the Abaco islands. As Labour Day weekend drew to a close, hundreds of thousands of people in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina - more than 800,000 in South Carolina alone, and a half-million in Georgia - were warned to evacuate for fear Dorian could bring life-threatening storm-surge flooding even if the hurricane's centre stayed offshore, as forecast. Several large airports announced closures, and hundreds of flights were cancelled.
Bahamian officials said they received a"tremendous" number of calls from people in flooded homes. One radio station said it got more than 2,000 distress messages, including reports of a 5-month-old baby stranded on a roof and a woman with six grandchildren who cut a hole in a roof to escape rising floodwaters. At least two designated storm shelters were flooded.Mr Minnis said many homes and buildings were severely damaged or destroyed.
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