All times AEST (GMT +10). The death toll from Hurricane Dorian hitting the Bahamas is set to rise to hundreds or thousands. The British Royal Navy, American Airlines, the Royal Caribbean cruise line and other organizations have also contributed to the aid effort. ‘Unregistered’ restaurants selling takeaway food on Facebook... NBN speed: Mark Gregory warns of ‘digital divide’. "The island of Abaco has been through and survived many hurricanes in the past. A USCG Air Station Clearwater helicopter crew conducts a search and rescue mission in the Bahamas, after Hurricane Dorian, on September 6, 2019. At least 43 people died. Officials have sent morticians, refrigerated coolers to store corpses, and 200 body bags to the Abaco Islands, the hardest-hit part of the archipelago. Dames said the runway at the airport on Grand Bahama island had been cleared and was ready for flights. Search and rescue teams were still trying to reach some Bahamian communities isolated by floodwaters and debris Saturday after Hurricane Dorian struck the northern part of the archipelago last Sunday. “This is one of the stark realities we are facing in this hour of darkness.”, On Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted that Minnis had told him that there would have been “many more casualties” without U.S. help. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano), Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. The NHC said Dorian was now moving in a north-easterly direction up the Atlantic coast at 28kph. Several hundred people, many of them Haitian immigrants, waited at Abaco island’s Marsh Harbour in hopes of leaving the disaster zone on vessels arriving with aid. Ravaged infrastructure has impeded search and recovery efforts, as the islands remain a mess of splintered buildings, torn-off roofs, snapped power poles and scattered vehicles. “Let me say that I believe the number will be staggering.”. At least 30 deaths have been reported from the monster storm but hundreds, possibly thousands, of people are missing and Bahamian officials expect the final toll to be “staggering”. Hurricane Dorian: Bahamas lists 2,500 people as missing. “Nothing is impossible but it will take a long, long time to recover,” Ms Guillaume said. The crews found the body of a woman buried in the layers of rubble that now blanket the neighborhood. A plane is turned upside down after Hurricane Dorian, September 6, 2019, in Marsh Harbour, Great Abaco. The smell of death lingered in the air in Marsh Harbour, CNN's Gary Tuchman reported Friday, as he toured hard-hit areas there. Dorval Darlier, a Haitian diplomat who had come from the Bahamian capital of Nassau, shouted in Creole, telling the crowd that sick people along with women and children should be evacuated before men. To join the conversation, please Log in. Other boats, including yachts and other private craft, were also helping to evacuate people. Here's where things stand as of Sunday afternoon. As survivors began the first steps in rebuilding their shattered lives, arrangements were being made to take care of the dead from the storm. Estimated death tolls have been "harrowing and deeply distressing," said Jibrilu of the tourism and aviation ministry. Thousands of people were left homeless and the scale of the devastation has left many wondering if Abaco, in particular, can ever be rebuilt. The Royal Bahamian Defense Force Commander there told CNN he had enough food and water at the port and on the ship for everyone. Our live coverage of Hurricane Dorian's devastation in the Bahamas has ended. Haida Guillaume, another Marsh Harbour resident, was slightly more optimistic. “The public needs to prepare for unimaginable information about the death toll and the human suffering,” Bahamas Health Minister Duane Sands told local radio. “No water, no food,” said James Whell, also of Marsh Harbour. Marvin Dames, security minister in the Bahamas, said authorities were striving to reach everyone, but the crews can’t just bulldoze their way through fallen trees and other rubble because there might be bodies not yet recovered. Join the conversation, you are commenting as, news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site. At Marsh Harbour, hundreds of people have lined up to take a ferry back to Nassau.
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