Freeport: Bahamians have rescued victims of Hurricane Dorian with jet skis and a bulldozer as the US Coast Guard, Britain's Royal Navy and a handful of aid groups tried to get food and medicine to survivors and take the most desperate people to safety.
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| Destruction brought on by Hurricane Dorian on Man-o-War cay, Bahamas. |
Airports were flooded and roads impassable after the most powerful storm to hit the Bahamas in recorded history parked over Abaco and Grand Bahama islands, pounding them with winds up to 295 km/h and torrential rain before finally moving into open waters on Tuesday on a course toward Florida.
People on the US coast made final preparations for a storm with winds at a still-dangerous 175 km/h, making it a Category 2 storm.
At least seven deaths were reported in the Bahamas, with the full scope of the disaster still unknown.
Read the story from The Age by Ramon Espinosa - “‘Apocalyptic': Hurricane Dorian's destruction sparks humanitarian crisis.”
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