
Bahamas
Hurricane Dorian causes more devastation
Hurricane Dorian has left devastation across the Bahamas islands, the US east coast and now Canada’s Atlantic Coast as a downgraded post-tropical cyclone.
Hundreds, if not thousands, are still missing in the country of about 400,000 people, but the official death toll stands at only 43.
Weakening slightly but still packing a powerful punch, Hurricane Dorian churned along the southeastern coast of the United States on Tuesday as the storm's death toll in the Bahamas rose to seven.
At least five people were killed in the Abaco Islands, in the northern Bahamas, Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert Minnis told a news conference on Monday.
Hurricane Dorian has battered several islands in the Bahamas since making landfall on Sunday. Dorian has been classified as the strongest tropical storm on record in the Atlantic.
Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis begged residents of Abaco and Grand Bahamas to head for the main island to escape the 'devastating, dangerous' storm.
The hurricane has maximum sustained winds near 130 miles per hour, the NHC said in an advisory.
Last Monday, Carla van Eeden landed in the Bahamas and interacted with her friends on Facebook, seemingly in good spirits.
The Coast Guard has dispatched a search and rescue aircraft and was seeking to contact the ship.
Reports say Hurricane Joaquin could still cause flooding from South Carolina to New England.
Forecasters warn the late-season storm poses a threat to the United States.