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Bahamas Hurricane Damage ‘Like Nuclear Bomb’

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Head of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has compared the damage from Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas to that of a nuclear bomb.

Mark Green said he had taken a flight to observe the damage caused by the storm on Grand Bahama and the Abacos islands.

Dorian ripped through the Bahamas last Sunday with category five winds with some gusts reaching 300km/h (200mph).

So far 43 people are confirmed dead however the number is expected to rise.

Prime Minister Hubert Minnis called the loss of life “catastrophic and devastating”. (Read more from “Bahamas Hurricane Damage ‘like Nuclear Bomb'” HERE)

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Hurricane Dorian Death Toll Rises to 20 in Bahamas

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Bahamas Health Minister Duane Sands said Wednesday that the death toll for Hurricane Dorian had risen from seven to 20 and more deaths were expected as the storm clears the island archipelago and threatens to make landfall in the U.S. later this week.

Sands confirmed that 17 victims were from the Abaco islands and three were from Grand Bahama, adding that three of the victims died after being transported to a hospital in nearby New Providence. . .

Dorian, which had been downgraded to a Category 2 storm, regained Category 3 strength late Wednesday and was making its way toward the U.S. mainland, traveling close to the east coast of Florida. It was expected to make landfall in the Carolinas on Wednesday night or Thursday, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Previously, as a Category 5 hurricane, Dorian slammed the Bahamas this past Sunday, first hitting the Abaco islands and then ravaging Grand Bahama as a Category 4 storm. The hurricane, which is the most powerful to ever hit the island, lingered for nearly two days leaving wreckage and disaster in its wake. . .

The Bahamian government sent hundreds of police officers and marines as well as doctors, nurses and other health care workers to the islands, where the land remained muddy, houses flattened or soddened and debris-strewn across the landscape, to aid the nearly 70,000 residents in the Abaco Islands and Grand Bahama who were severely affected by the storm. (Read more from “Hurricane Dorian Death Toll Rises to 20 in Bahamas” HERE)

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Hurricane Dorian: At Least Five Dead in Bahamas

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By AP. Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis says at least five people have died in the Abaco Islands as Hurricane Dorian continues to pound the region as a Category 4 storm.

Minnis said Monday that there are also people in nearby Great Bahama island who are in serious distress. He said rescue crews will respond to calls for help as soon as weather conditions allow.

He said many homes and buildings have been severely damaged or destroyed. (Read more from “Hurricane Dorian: At Least Five Dead in Bahamas” HERE)

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Hurricane Dorian Stalls over Bahamas, Still Expected to Bypass South Florida

By The Sun Sentinel. Hurricane Dorian’s likely path finally steered clear of South Florida late Monday as the region still faced the risk of hurricane-force winds from the edges of the storm, according to the National Hurricane Center. Meanwhile, the Category 4 hurricane slowed almost to a standstill as it kept pummeling the Bahamas with intense winds and storm surge.

The National Hurricane Center expects Dorian to resume a west-northwestward motion overnight Monday, followed by a turn northwest late Tuesday night and a northeastward motion expected to begin by Wednesday night.

Despite the favorable movement of the cone of uncertainty, which shows the likely course of the hurricane’s center, forecasters warned Floridians against concluding they had escaped the worst.

“Although the center of Dorian is forecast to move near, but parallel to, the Florida east coast, only a small deviation of the track toward the west would bring the core of the hurricane onshore,” the hurricane center said in a 5 p.m. forecast discussion.

In South Florida, as the storm’s outer bands began sweeping through Monday, towns were desolate and highway traffic sparse from Boca Raton north through St. Lucie County. The storm struck with sporadic periods of driving rain and strong winds: A 56 mph gust was reported at Juno Beach pier. Sustained winds at the pier hit 40 mph, putting them at tropical strength. At 8:29 p.m., the National Weather Service reported a 40 mph gust at its weather station in Palm Beach. (Read more from “Hurricane Dorian Stalls over Bahamas, Still Expected to Bypass South Florida” HERE)

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