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Bahamas: 2,500 people registered as missing in wake of hurricane
Source: The Guardian and agencies
Bahamas: 2,500 people registered as missing in wake of hurricane
Officials cautioned full list of missing has not been checked against government records of those staying in shelters
Agencies
Wed 11 Sep 2019 18.49 BSTLast modified on Wed 11 Sep 2019 19.39 BST
Bahamian officials said on Wednesday that 2,500 people have been registered as missing in the wake of the devastating Hurricane Dorian but cautioned the full list of missing has not been checked to see if any of those people are in shelters.
“This list has not yet been checked against government records of who are staying in shelters or who have been evacuated,” the National Emergency Management Agency (Nema) spokesman, Carl Smith, told a press conference. “The database processing is under way.”
Thousands of people are in shelters on the islands. Officials have confirmed 50 deaths caused by the 1 September storm making landfall.
More than a week after Dorian smashed thousands of homes on the country’s Grand Bahama and Abaco islands, the death toll stands at 50 and is expected to rise, with search and rescue crews still making their way through the ruins.
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Officials cautioned full list of missing has not been checked against government records of those staying in shelters
Agencies
Wed 11 Sep 2019 18.49 BSTLast modified on Wed 11 Sep 2019 19.39 BST
Bahamian officials said on Wednesday that 2,500 people have been registered as missing in the wake of the devastating Hurricane Dorian but cautioned the full list of missing has not been checked to see if any of those people are in shelters.
“This list has not yet been checked against government records of who are staying in shelters or who have been evacuated,” the National Emergency Management Agency (Nema) spokesman, Carl Smith, told a press conference. “The database processing is under way.”
Thousands of people are in shelters on the islands. Officials have confirmed 50 deaths caused by the 1 September storm making landfall.
More than a week after Dorian smashed thousands of homes on the country’s Grand Bahama and Abaco islands, the death toll stands at 50 and is expected to rise, with search and rescue crews still making their way through the ruins.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/11/hurricane-dorian-bahamas-missing-people