Dorian causes extensive damage across northern Bahamas, Red Cross says as hurricane barrels toward US East Coast
Strong winds move palms at the first moment of the arrival of Hurricane Dorian in Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas. September 1, 2019.
"But it is clear that Hurricane Dorian has had a catastrophic impact," he said, adding that "we anticipate extensive shelter needs, alongside the need for short-term economic support, as well as for clean water and health assistance." "The reports out of Abaco as everyone knows," company spokesman Quincy Parker told ZNS Bahamas radio station, "were not good."Hurricane Dorian battered the Bahamas with ferocious wind and rain on Sunday, the monstrous Category 5 storm wrecking towns and homes as it churned on an uncertain path toward the US coast where hundreds of thousands were ordered to evacuate.
The American Red Cross estimated that some 19 million people live in areas that could be impacted by the storm, with as many as 50,000 people in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina potentially in need of emergency shelter, depending on the impact. Farther north, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster ordered mandatory evacuations for parts of eight coastal counties effective at 1600 GMT on Monday.
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