Charities, government agencies and even cruise ships loaded with supplies and vo...
NASSAU, Bahamas - Charities, government agencies and even cruise ships loaded with supplies and volunteers rushed emergency aid to the storm-ravaged Bahamas on Saturday amid fears of a “staggering” death toll left in the wake of Hurricane Dorian.
Evacuees from Great Abaco poured into the capital Nassau, and a cruise ship arrived in Palm Beach, Florida with some 1,100 people fleeing the destruction. Many of them faced uncertain futures. The U.S. Coast Guard and Navy were shipping in relief supplies and had already rescued some 290 people from isolated areas in the islands hard-hit by the storm.
It brought tropical storm force winds to southeastern Massachusetts and Nantucket Island and Martha’s Vineyard on Saturday before charging on toward Canada at 29 mph , according to an advisory from the Miami-based National Hurricane Center.It is expected to make landfall in Nova Scotia province on Saturday night with winds of about 85 mph and leave up to 7 inches of rain.
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