'The public needs to prepare for unimaginable information about the death toll and the human suffering,' said an official.
The number of fatalities is expected to climb as the extent of the damage becomes clear.On Man-O-War Cay, people rattle off the names of friends and neighbors they have not heard from"Literally hundreds, up to thousands, of people are still missing," said Joy Jibrilu, director general of the country's tourism and aviation ministry. Body bags, additional morticians and refrigerated coolers to store bodies are being transported to Abaco and other affected areas, Health Minister Dr.
Though the storm targeted only a small section of the Bahamas -- a nation of more than 700 islands -- it still inflicted"generational devastation," Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said.As authorities rushed to respond to the damage, they have come up against limited access to important resources.The only international airport on the island of Grand Bahama was devastated and cannot serve as a staging ground for medical evacuations or emergency aid deliveries.
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