WATCH: Aerial footage shows scale of devastation of Abaco Islands in Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian.
Heartbreaking images of roof-less homes, fallen walls, toppled trees, flooded streets, front yards filled with water and debris and cars strewn about will greet evacuated homeowners upon their return to neighborhoods.
A photo from a next-generation satellite, bottom, gave a first look at heavy flooding across the Bahamas from Hurricane Dorian.It won't be business as usual for a long time to come, as the video shows flipped container ports and trucks discarded like children's toys. Major buildings have been reduced to mere concrete and rebar in what had been busy commercial districts, the footage showed.
"It's total devastation. It's decimated. Apocalyptic. It looks like a bomb went off," hurricane relief organizer Lia Head-Rigby said after she flew over the Bahamas' hard-hit Abaco Island."It's not rebuilding something that was there; we have to start again." One element of Bahamian life that might have escaped major damage were golf courses, as one set of links appeared to be almost untouched in this footage — though a fleet of nearby carts was destroyed.
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