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Effects of Hurricane Dorian in The Bahamas – Wikipedia From the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation search DorianCategory major hurricane SSHWS NWS shortly before making landfall on Abaco IslandsDurationSeptember Winds -minute sustained mph km h Pressure mbar hPa inHg Fatalities missingDamage billion USD Areas affectedNorthwestern mainly Islands and Grand Bahama IslandPart Atlantic season History Meteorological history Caribbean Carolinas Alabama controversy Other wikis Commons images effects were among worst experienced for any natural disaster country struck as a Category September day later hit Island at same category then stalled over another finally pulling away from island Damage amounted US there least deaths Another people left missing after Contents Preparations Impact Elsewhere Aftermath Death toll survivors See also References External links edit Marsh Airport Great completely destroyed following As early August National Center NHC warned potential Tropical Storm affect within five days noting uncertainty due interaction with Hispaniola By was forecasting pass near northern On government issued watch that warning northwestern including Abacos Berry Bimini Eleuthera New Providence A Andros advisory meant conditions likely hours warnings downgraded moved Forced evacuations intensified while tracking towards In low-lying cays officials went door urging residents move inland Skiffs rented by Bahamian shuttled outlying fishing communities McLean’s Town Most resorts forced close Nine shelters opened Some chose shelter instead despite buildings unsafe Prime Minister Hubert Minnis not be foolish try brave out this adding those did evacuate are placing themselves extreme danger can expect catastrophic consequence Airports closed Government workers ordered stay indoors once winds outside reached tropical storm-force Dorian’s destruction eye made maximum it strongest record eastern end drifted across Agriculture Michael Pintard reported an estimated storm tide ft m his home dropped rain killed One fatalities classified indirect Insured losses alone confirmed Across homeless An homes constituting suffered severe damage or Hope knocked power water telecommunications sewage service For several Harbour underwater control tower damaged waters airport About infrastructure shantytowns housing mostly poor Haitian immigrants central severely roadways well thousands houses grid serving entirety terminal building Treasure Cay significant There island-wide outage oil refinery heaviest side At submerged International UTC levels reaching Strong aircraft leaving debris strewn surrounding roads Floodwaters contaminated Rand Memorial Hospital operating room intensive care unit wards rendered unusable being tainted mold outbreaks floodwaters receded more parts hospital evacuated two main supermarkets Freeport their warehouses inundated surge total lost had been restored U S Customs Border Protection agents deliver relief supplies Emergency Management Agency NEMA handled response working Disaster affected surveyed air Residents shortages outages lack these created difficulty handling logistics After stayed Thousands Department Rehabilitative Welfare Services recording evacuees entering Nassau Several cruise companies redirected ships bring aid transport passengers off islands Bahamasair offered flights beginning though some said they still pay Royal Defence Force Police deployed via boat Widespread looting however occurred immediate aftermath Central Response Fund United Nations provided million initial emergency World Food Programme sent team experts coordinate operations agency generators ready-to-eat meals Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility paid about country’s insurance policy activated T l coms Sans Fronti res first non-governmental organization NGO which worked re-establish satellite connection Pan American Health Organization doctors nurses tons medical equipment three-month launched appeal cover health related needs Migration tarpaulins Team Rubicon Canada volunteers arrived Sept joined teams UK providing majority efforts centered clearing key facilities structures Kingdom pledged support RFA Mounts Bay delivered helicopter British Virgin States four helicopters assist rescue Coast Guard helped trapped Netherlands announced would send naval nearby Sint Maarten CC- J Hercules joining Jamaican Force’s Assistance C humanitarian Meanwhile Canadian-based charity GlobalMedic carrying purification units hygiene kits Japan tents blankets through Cooperation India South Korea assistance next figure revised down Recovery hampered slightly Humberto passed mi east requiring issuance Impacts minimal flank thus remained Ministry Preparedness Reconstruction received dollars-worth modular evacuation boats construction materials embassy This donation addition what nearly recovery since December known death is indicating true may than lead physician Latoya Munroe stated official excludes undocumented living Mudd areas seeing bodies herself number persons fell third week under October when last updated Commissioner Anthony Ferguson final will never although Center’s report released estimates between given Within hurricane’s impact Canadian urban Morgues capacity necessitating use refrigerated shipping containers advised rescuers mark corpses’ locations rather collect them necessary canine unable confirm finds obscured Corpses buried three weeks decomposition leading reports overwhelming miasma many cyclones portal Andrew Lorenzo second Stewart Stacy Discussion Number Report Retrieved Avila Lixion Berg Robbie Advisory Brown Daniel b Ward Jasper Faiola Bahamians prepare ahead arrival Washington Post Evacuations Begin Ahead Of WFOR-TV Associated Press Golembo Max Shapiro Emily Peck Dan shifts course now expected Georgia ABC News ‘ going get wiped’ historic Guardian Cangialosi John Jones Jr Royston November increases Eyewitness April Gianluca Mezzofiore Footage shows extensive flooding house CNN Jenner Lynn Sep 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