Dorian's death toll climbs in Bahamas as 3,500 flee worst-hit islands

[brooklynite]

Source: Axios

Former Hurricane Dorian's death toll in the Bahamas has risen to 50, Health Minister Duane Sands told NBC News Monday.

The latest: 3,500 people have been evacuated from Abaco and Grand Bahama to New Providence, the Nassau Guardian reports. Many people are still missing and thousands are now homeless.

The big picture: Passenger planes, cruise liners and government boats and ships have been transporting evacuees to Nassau, the Bahamas' capital, and Florida, per the BBC.

USAID director Mark Green told reporters Sunday after surveying the areas hit hardest by former Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas that the aftermath was comparable to that of a nuclear explosion, Reuters footage shows.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/dorian-photos-bahamas-damage-1dc7233d-ab09-4b39-a9f1-c39ed04a5f6a.html

[murielm99]

1. Florida?

I thought trump did not want them here because they are gang members.