WATCH: Hear from the People of the Bahamas, What You Won’t See on TV
September 8, 2019
Hear from the Bahamian people via Bahama Press. The latest in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian.
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Abaco
Silence, Devastation Mark Bahamas Town; but some are Staying
September 8, 2019
MARSH HARBOUR, Bahamas (AP) — The streets are filled with smashed cars, snapped power cables, shattered trees and deep silence. At the airport and dock, hundreds of people clamor for seats on airplanes and berths on ships arriving with aid and departing with people who lost their homes when deadly Hurricane Dorian struck the Bahamas. Nearly a week after disaster roared in from the sea, the rest of Marsh Harbour on Abaco island felt empty Saturday. A hot wind whistled through stands of decapitated pine trees and homes that collapsed during the most powerful hurricane in the northwestern Bahamas’ recorded
WATCH: Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis and Others Give Update on Catastrophic Hurricane Dorian
September 3, 2019
FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) — Practically parking over the Bahamas for a day and a half, Hurricane Dorian pounded away at the islands Tuesday in a watery onslaught that devastated thousands of homes, trapped people in attics and crippled hospitals. At least five deaths were reported, with the full extent of the damage far from clear. The United Nations and the International Red Cross began mobilizing to deal with the unfolding humanitarian crisis in the wake of the most powerful hurricane on record ever to hit the Bahamas. Dorian’s punishing winds and torrential rain battered the islands of Abaco and Grand