07/09/2019 Bahamas-USA alert

Hundreds fled the northern Bahamas in private boats. Great Abaco Island was the worst hit.

An estimated 76,000 people needed emergency food and shelter.

The UK pledged $1.84m (£1.5m) to fund aid and the help of Royal Navy vessel RFA Mounts Bay.

8 tonnes (8,000kg) of ready-to-eat meals, storage units, generators and other emergency supplies were flown in from Panama according to the UN World Food Programme. A $5.4m (£4.3m) budget was set up by the UN agency for a three-month emergency aid operation in the Bahamas.

North Carolina's Governor, Roy Cooper, warned of 8ft storm surges on the island of Ocracoke, NC, where 800 people were said to have stayed behind against official advice.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-49616990 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-49611118 http://www.wspynews.com/news/national/hurricane-dorian-makes-landfall-over-nc-hundreds-may-be-trapped/article_d413fc02-4c87-5768-8b2d-1d049ed70a8f.html