Tropical Storm Humberto lashes the Bahamas with rain and wind, likely to become hurricane and hamper relief efforts for tens of thousands of people
A child's bicycle is seen in a destroyed neighbourhood in the wake of Hurricane Dorian in Marsh Harbour, Great Abaco, Bahamas, September 7, 2019.
But officials caution the list is preliminary and many people could just be unable to connect with loved ones. "Rains are the biggest issue right now," parliament member Iram Lewis said by telephone. "People are still reeling from the first storm."The hurricane centre said most of the heavy squalls were occurring north and east of the centre of the storm, which was passing just east of Abaco. However, government officials in the Bahamas took no chances and urged people in damaged homes to seek shelter as they announced that aid efforts would be temporarily affected.
Later Saturday, WFO spokesperson Herve Verhoosel said the agency had resumed its activities in Marsh Harbor. "In some areas, more than three-quarters of all buildings have been destroyed. Hospitals are either in ruins or overwhelmed. Schools turned into rubble," the UN secretary-general said in a prepared statement ahead of the visit.
Guterres told reporters Dorian should be a wake-up call for the world about the dangers of climate change.
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