Hurricane Dorian's death toll has dropped from 5 to 7 in the Bahamas, Prime Minister of the Caribbean archipelago Hubert Minnis said on Tuesday night, adding that other casualties were to be feared. "We can expect more deaths," said Hubert Minnis at a press conference.
At least 61,000 people would need food assistance in the Bahamas. A fisherman from the Bahamas, Howard Armstrong, described a scene of horror, with water coming through the roof. "We were getting by until the water kept coming and all the appliances started spinning around the house like in a washing machine," he told the chain. CNN. "My poor wife was hypothermic and was standing on the kitchen cabinets until they disintegrated, I was with her and she just drowned."
The Abacos Islands and Grand Bahama, on which Dorian fought hard before resuming his destructive course, were still largely cut off from the world on Tuesday. At least 61,000 people are in need of food aid in the Bahamas, the UN said on Tuesday. The Red Cross said yesterday that some 13,000 homes may have been damaged or destroyed in the Abacos and Grand Bahama Islands.