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70. Hurricane Dorian: Number of missing drops to 1,300

Fri Sep 13, 2019, 11:33 AM

Sep 2019

Emergency services in the Bahamas say the number of missing following Hurricane Dorian stands at 1,300.

The number is down from the 2,500 listed missing earlier this week.

The National Emergency Management Agency (Nema) said the drop in numbers came after cross-referencing names of the missing with those in shelters.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-49682121

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Breaking - 2,500 people are missing and presumed dead in the Bahamas [View all] malaise Sep 2019 OP

Dorian was a monster for the islands superpatriotman Sep 2019 #1

Recommended. guillaumeb Sep 2019 #2

Read this and weep -they don't care malaise Sep 2019 #7

Just gut wrenching. Horrifying. Guilded Lilly Sep 2019 #3

K&R... spanone Sep 2019 #4

OMG Bettie Sep 2019 #5

}:::: Iliyah Sep 2019 #6

Do you have a link or a named source? onenote Sep 2019 #8

Breaking from the Bahamian government malaise Sep 2019 #9

Thanks onenote Sep 2019 #10

Yes. Just gut-wrenching. calimary Sep 2019 #22

This article refers to 2500. Skidmore Sep 2019 #56

bbc, wapo SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2019 #38

Thanks. The good news is that they expect this number to get smaller not larger onenote Sep 2019 #62

The day after the hurricane Rachel interviewed someone from the government and he said IndyOp Sep 2019 #11

Sands - the Health Minister malaise Sep 2019 #12

Thank you, malaise - always happy to see your posts. (nt) IndyOp Sep 2019 #63

At one point I heard it co go as high as 70,000 Blue_playwright Sep 2019 #13

The number I heard from someone who should know malaise Sep 2019 #18

Don't know or care to estimate, but some survivors report StClone Sep 2019 #35

That NYT link that I posted malaise Sep 2019 #37

With the destruction they had the numbers had to be higher than initially reported. LiberalFighter Sep 2019 #14

If we had a real President, he'd be sending a hospital ship and an amphibious assault group... backscatter712 Sep 2019 #15

Absolutely. Kid Berwyn Sep 2019 #16

Where are your priorities, man??!? lastlib Sep 2019 #26

There's SOME activity, the USS Bataan is helping. AtheistCrusader Sep 2019 #31

Well... Lurker Deluxe Sep 2019 #57

Devestating Niagara Sep 2019 #17

Whole family's gone. sheshe2 Sep 2019 #19

Up to yesterday 23 members of Sidney Poitier's family malaise Sep 2019 #21

Is it possible that any of them got on boats and survived the storm? FakeNoose Sep 2019 #34

Got on boats? malaise Sep 2019 #39

I was thinking some could have left early and beaten the storm FakeNoose Sep 2019 #41

OK - yes some folks did evacuate malaise Sep 2019 #45

Like here, Skidmore Sep 2019 #55

23? sheshe2 Sep 2019 #47

Here malaise Sep 2019 #49

here is a link that dosent complain if u r using a adblocker. AllaN01Bear Sep 2019 #20

Thanks malaise Sep 2019 #23

Devastating and heartbreaking agony. gademocrat7 Sep 2019 #24

then you have comments like this from the POS squatter in the WH. bdamomma Sep 2019 #32

Read post #57 Falcata Sep 2019 #66

Looking at the devastation, I expect thousands dead. CaptainTruth Sep 2019 #25

I'm just sick......it will be thousands dead,and the beautiful Bahama islands a kennedy Sep 2019 #27

horrible just horrible bdamomma Sep 2019 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Sep 2019 #29

Oh no, even worse than we thought! FM123 Sep 2019 #30

I thought it would be close to the numbers from Puerto Rico. BigmanPigman Sep 2019 #33

not 'presumed dead' - list has not yet been checked against those in shelters or evacuated muriel_volestrangler Sep 2019 #36

That's not what my folks are telling me malaise Sep 2019 #40

Hurricane Dorian: Number of missing drops to 1,300 muriel_volestrangler Sep 2019 #70

That isn't even the number for folks in The Mud malaise Sep 2019 #71

That's what MSNBC said this morning also. cwydro Sep 2019 #67

Poor Haitians... MissouriLibrul Sep 2019 #42

Interesting perspective Bayard Sep 2019 #48

The tension between Bahamians and Haitians is palpable malaise Sep 2019 #51

The overwhelming greed in the world Duppers Sep 2019 #65

I knew it would be bad mcar Sep 2019 #43

Watching that storm sit there mountain grammy Sep 2019 #44

Just broken... LittleGirl Sep 2019 #46

During the height of the storm at least 50% of the island was under water. GETPLANING Sep 2019 #50

More. Many many more. James48 Sep 2019 #52

if they manage to find anybody still alive floating in the ocean.... 90-percent Sep 2019 #53

holy shit EveHammond13 Sep 2019 #54

. applegrove Sep 2019 #58

I expect that number to rise to 40 thousand Cetacea Sep 2019 #59

The entire population of the Bahamas us 370000. Lucky Luciano Sep 2019 #64

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Sep 2019 #60

Sadly you are right malaise Sep 2019 #61

My God that's almost 1% of their population Recursion Sep 2019 #68

...and on top of all this tragedy.... northoftheborder Sep 2019 #69