'I picked him up, threw him on my shoulder, and when I stepped off my porch... the water was chin-high.' Brent Lowe, who is blind, carried his 24-year-old disabled son through high water and to safety in the Bahamas amid Hurricane Dorian.
Officials gave the sobering outlook Thursday as the official toll climbed to 30. But they are expecting many more than that as the extent of the damage becomes clear.On Man-O-War Cay, people rattle off the names of friends and neighbors they have not heard from"Literally hundreds, up to thousands, of people are still missing," Joy Jibrilu, director general of the country's tourism and aviation ministry, told CNN's Michael Holmes.
Though the storm targeted only a small section the Bahamas -- a nation of more than 700 islands -- it still inflicted"generational devastation," Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said.An aerial view Thursday shows damage caused by Hurricane Dorian on Great Abaco Island.Service members rush to helpAt least 80 people had been rescued and evacuated Thursday morning from the Abacos, a government official told CNN.
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