Hurricane Dorian's toll in the Bahamas has risen from seven to 20, a figure that could still evolve. This was announced Wednesday evening to the Bahamian media and the US Minister of Health of this Caribbean archipelago. On the night of Wednesday to Thursday, Hurricane Dorian was revived in category 3.
70,000 people "need immediate help"
Dorian fought hard on the archipelago, over which he remained for a long time almost motionless, dropping up to 76 cm of rain. Marsh Harbor, the main city of the Abacos Islands, has been destroyed 60%, according to Prime Minister Hubert Minnis. The airport was under water and the track was flooded, the whole area looking like a lake.
The UN estimated Wednesday night that about 70,000 people "need immediate help" in the Bahamas. In a telephone call from Nassau, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock said the UN had released $ 1 million from its emergency fund to provide first aid to those affected.
Hurricane "very erratic", according to Trump
It is currently moving parallel to the southeastern coast of Georgia, according to meteorologists, and must run from Thursday to Friday morning the states of South Carolina and North Carolina. "It's a very erratic hurricane, very slow, very powerful," US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday. "But we are very well prepared," he added.
The Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned of the rising waters in these areas, speaking of a potentially extremely dangerous situation. Many parts of the southeastern coast of the United States, where live millions of people, have been placed in a state of emergency. Mandatory evacuation orders have been issued in several areas.