Nearly 4,000 Hurricane Evacuees From The Bahamas Have Come To South Florida
About 3,900 evacuees escaping Hurricane Dorian's devastation in the Bahamas have been processed through South Florida by air and sea.
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About 3,900 evacuees escaping Hurricane Dorian's devastation in the Bahamas have been processed through South Florida by air and sea.
The National Hurricane Center says the disturbance that would form into Tropical Cyclone #9 is meandering over the southeastern Bahamas.
A preliminary report estimates Hurricane Dorian caused a total of some $7 billion in damage, but the government of the Bahamas has not yet offered any figures.
espite all the circulating images of Hurricane Dorian's brutal destruction, the Bahamas desperately want to get word out that most of its tourism hot spots are very much open for business.
About 17% of all Bahamians are suddenly homeless after Hurricane Dorian wiped out neighborhoods and ripped houses off foundations.
As a twin-engine plane taxied into the National Jets hangar at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Wednesday, volunteers sprang into action to offload some precious cargo — dozens of dogs and cats rescued from the Humane Society of Grand Bahama.
There are 2,500 people on the list of those missing after Hurricane Dorian, the Bahamian government announced.
A South Florida boy who rode out Hurricane Dorian on Grand Bahama, got an outpouring of love from his classmates when he returned to school.
The Mega Yacht "Global" is getting loaded up, preparing to head out to Freeport, Bahamas, filled with food and water for Chef Jose Andres and his World Central Kitchen Organization.
Broward County Public Schools announced on Tuesday that it has opened a welcome center to help students and families arriving from the Bahamas.
Florida and the state's largest electric utility are sending more than a half-million bottles of water to storm-ravaged parts of the Bahamas.
The Bahamian government continues to struggle to house thousands of displaced people who are arriving in the capital city of Nassau from some of the hardest-hit islands.
Hurricane Dorian survivors in the Bahamas are filing off boats and planes in Nassau, facing the need to start new lives after the storm but with little ideas on how or where to begin.
With relief and recovery efforts are focused on The Abacos and Grand Bahama Island, what many people may not realize is that a majority of the Bahamas, including 14 of the most commonly visited islands, remains unaffected by the storm.
Thousands of Bahamians are looking to come to the US to escape the devastation brought by Hurricane Dorian.
The Department of Homeland Security released new guidance rules Monday night for Bahamians trying to reach the United States.
Firefighters from various agencies in South Florida are helping out in Nassau with those affected by Hurricane Dorian.
The U.S. government is working to clarify immigration policy after dozens of families on their way to Florida from the hurricane-ravaged Bahamas were booted off a ferry.
While help and supplies are pouring in, many in the hardest-hit parts of the Bahamas are just trying to get out.
Dogs left without shelter by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas are arriving in Florida in need of homes.
By air and by sea, supplies and volunteers from South Florida continue to head to the Hurricane Dorian ravaged northern Bahamas
Nearly 1,500 people escaped the desperate situation in the Bahamas on a cruise to Florida.
Despite the severe devastation that includes destroyed cars and broken power lines, some Bahamians are sticking it out in one of the most ravaged towns.
State Rep. Shevrin Jones sat down with "Facing South Florida" host Jim DeFede to discuss what must be done to rebuild the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian.
Florida-based Bahamas Paradise Cruise Lines is offering Bahamians stranded by Hurricane Dorian a way home.
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