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An aerial view of a battered Abaco island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rescuers have begun to reach areas of the northern Bahamas devastated by Hurricane Dorian, with aerial images showing a trail of destruction.<\/p>\n

PM Hubert Minnis said some areas had been “decimated” as the death toll rose to at least 20, according to a BBC report.<\/p>\n

The hurricane made landfall on 1 September and battered the Abaco Islands and Grand Bahama, in the north of the archipelago, for two days.<\/p>\n

Dorian has moved off north and still threatens the eastern US seaboard.<\/p>\n

Forecasters have warned it could make landfall on the coast of South or North Carolina on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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