“As our assistance, I want to announce the allocation of about $ 4 million of humanitarian aid. The funds will be used for the construction of temporary shelters, medicines, food, water, and psychological assistance to victims, ”Green said in a briefing at the US State Department TASS.
In addition, part of the allocated funds will be used to restore the logistics and telecommunications of the islands.
According to Green, more than a hundred agency employees work in the Bahamas to assist the US Coast Guard and other agencies in carrying out rescue operations.
Earlier, the death toll in the Bahamas as a result of Hurricane Dorian increased to 50 people.
At the same time, the authorities fear that the number of victims may increase, as many residents are reported missing.
The head of the climatology laboratory of the Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladimir Semenov, in an interview with Inforeactor, expressed the opinion that Hurricane Dorian could pose a serious threat to the entire coast.