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2019-09-07 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Bahamas fears severe Dorian death toll, as storm lashes North Carolina

[DAWN] The final death toll from Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas could be “staggering,” a government minister has said as the storm lashed North Carolina in the US on Friday with torrential rain and fierce wind.

Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert Minnis told CNN on Thursday that at least 30 people were killed in the storm, which caused what he called “generational devastation.”

Extra morticians and refrigerated coolers to store bodies were being sent to the region to help authorities cope with the deadly impact, Health Minister Duane Sands told local media.

Of the final number killed, he declared: “Let me say that I believe the number will be staggering.”

An AFP team in the town of Marsh Harbour on Great Abaco on Thursday saw scenes of catastrophic damage with homes reduced to matchsticks, overturned cars, fields of jumbled debris, widespread flooding and beached boats.

Posted by Fred 2019-09-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 Lots of photos at The Guardian.

Some houses with minor roof damage, but it looks like a shantytown (dare I call it that?) was flattened.

Posted by Bobby 2019-09-07 08:40|| 2019-09-07 08:40|| Front Page Top

#2 and now the disease, dying of thirst, and famine

Posted by Frank G 2019-09-07 11:08|| 2019-09-07 11:08|| Front Page Top

#3 The Democrat Climate Change Solution would also include storm cellars.

Posted by swksvolFF 2019-09-07 18:37|| 2019-09-07 18:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Storm cellars wouldn’t help in The Bahamas; the biggest danger is drowning, as many of the islands are just 10-20 feet above sea level.

Posted by Glenmore 2019-09-07 21:12|| 2019-09-07 21:12|| Front Page Top

#5 Storm cellars wouldn’t help in The Bahamas; the biggest danger is drowning, as many of the islands are just 10-20 feet above sea level.

Posted by Glenmore 2019-09-07 21:12|| 2019-09-07 21:12|| Front Page Top

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