The official death toll from Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas has hit 20 and is likely to rise further, the country’s prime minister has said, as he warned of “generational devastation” in the archipelago’s northern region.
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| A man walks through rubble in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian in the Great Abaco island town of Marsh Harbour on Monday. |
Aerial video of the Abaco Islands – a northern band of islands hardest hit by Dorian – showed widespread devastation, with the harbour, shops, workplaces, a hospital, and airport landing strips damaged or blown to pieces, all of which was frustrating rescue efforts.
Dorian pummelled the area as a slow moving category 5 hurricane over the weekend.
“So many families have been deeply impacted” by Dorian, which “has left generational devastation across Abaco and Grand Bahama”, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said at a press conference late on Wednesday. “We ask you to pray for the families and loved ones of the deceased,” added the PM, who had just returned from a flyover of the Abacos.
Minnis also said he was aware of reports of looting on the Abacos.
Read the story from The Guardian by Oliver Laughland - “Hurricane Dorian: 'generational devastation' in Bahamas, says PM.”
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