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Hurricane Dorian Death Toll in Bahamas Rises


Sat 07 Sep 2019 | 03:42 PM
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Media reports said later Friday that the death toll from Hurricane Dorian in Bahamas has risen to 43, Reuters reported.

NBC, citing a representative for Prime Minister Hubert Minnis, said the death toll is expected to rise significantly.

The Washington Post reported that 35 people died in the storm on the Abacos Islands and eight in Grand Bahama. Search and rescue operations are continuing.

Last Wednesday, Hurricane Dorian moved towards the United States after leaving seven people dead in the Bahamas, where residents spent “days of terror” over the massive hurricane.

As a result, US authorities have imposed a curfew in Florida, Georgia and Carolina states, in anticipation of the devastating hurricane.

The hurricane winds that hit the Abaco Islands equalled the highest ever recorded at landfall, and Grand Bahama also suffered severe damage and floods.

Dorian has moved off north but still threatens the eastern US seaboard.

Hurricane Dorian is lashing the northeast coast of Florida and will soon begin its siege of storm surge flooding, high winds and flooding rain from Georgia to South Carolina, North Carolina and southeast Virginia.

Forecasters warned residents to remain in shelters as dangerous winds gusting up to 140 mph and extreme flooding were expected to continue over Grand Bahama for much of Tuesday.

The NHC said Dorian was expected to weaken over the next two days but would remain a powerful hurricane.