Rescuers have begun to reach areas of the northern Bahamas devastated by Hurricane Dorian, with aerial images showing a trail of destruction.
PM Hubert Minnis said some areas had been “decimated” as the death toll rose to at least 20, according to a BBC report.
The hurricane made landfall on 1 September and battered the Abaco Islands and Grand Bahama, in the north of the archipelago, for two days.
Dorian has moved off north and still threatens the eastern US seaboard.
Forecasters have warned it could make landfall on the coast of South or North Carolina on Thursday.
The two most affected of the thirty-island Bahamas chain are Abaco and Grand Bahama with a combined population of 70,000. The total population of the Bahamas is about 395,000.
One thing I know for sure is, come next year around this time Bahamas will be fully restored, rebuilt and will be to show the world that resilience is not a word we use but something we practice. I also know for sure that the Prime Minister of Bahamas will not use Dorian as an opportunity to sell the sovereignty of. Bahamas to foreigners while his people become beggars. We sure will not hear the Zampollis and others in NY court fighting for their 5%of Bahamas passport money like we hear them fighting for our passport money. While my heart goes out to the Bahamian people I must say that I feel much better about their recovery and future than I feel about our future under Roosevelt Skerrit. Though I know team Dominica has what it takes to build back DA because Lennox is a heck of a good man with a very special heart, sometimes I still wonder if Skerrit did not bring Dominica to a state of no return.