Hurricane Dorian: Hundreds flee ‘chaos’ in storm-ravaged Bahamas
As Gee Rolle, 44, waited for a private boat with his wife, he criticised the government, telling the Associated Press"only animals can live here".
On Friday, many of the evacuations were carried out by private boats and planes, as the Bahamian government awaited the arrival of other transport. One survivor, 75-year-old Firstina Swain, told Reuters news agency the"people of Abaco need to get out" because"there are too many bodies".Media playback is unsupported on your deviceAccording to the UN, AT least 70,000 Bahamians are in need of immediate humanitarian relief after their homes were destroyed by the hurricane.
Forecasters said 10 inches of rain had fallen between the coasts of Charleston in South Carolina and Wilmington 170 miles away in North Carolina.Dorian hit the Bahamas as a category five hurricane with winds reaching 185mph . It matched the highest ever recorded at landfall, and stayed over affected areas for two days.
Aerial images over the Abacos showed mile upon mile of destruction, with roofs torn off, scattered debris, overturned cars, shipping containers and boats, and high water levels. The storm rotates due to the spin of the earth and energy from the warm ocean increases wind speeds as it builds.
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