A Bahamian journalist was forced to abandon his home in Freeport along with his family, as they carried their dogs to higher ground after Hurricane Dorian devastated the area.
Hurricane Dorian, after wreaking havoc over the Bahamas for nearly 2 days, picked up speed Tuesday afternoon and is now churning"dangerously close" to Florida.
"I have never seen destruction like this on this scale on an island before," ABC News correspondent Marcus Moore told"Good Morning America" Tuesday from Marsh Harbour, a town in the Abaco Islands. "It's dark, communication is down, we do not know what’s going on right now," Iram Lewis, a member of Parliament in the Bahamas, told"GMA" Tuesday."Never seen anything like this in my life."
The Coast Guard said helicopter crews medevaced 19 people from the Marsh Harbour Clinic to the Nassau International Airport on Monday.The University of Florida canceled classes for Tuesday and Wednesday and over 10 Florida airports were shuttered as the storm moved in. The heaviest rainfall from Dorian is expected to hit the coastal Carolinas, where up to 15 inches is possible.Savannah Citizens are boarding evacuation busses at the Civic Center @cityofsavannah pic.twitter.com/rB8IQ0HcAc
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