The windows and everything. Total darkness. So this is how you walked, holding on to walls. You cant describe it. Thousands of others are still waiting to leave. The u. N. Says at least 70,000 people are homeless on the grand bahama and abaco islands, where dorian caused the most destruction and were starting to hear Horror Stories for those awaiting help. Im a pastor, i dont steal. But we have to go out there and find food for the kids to eat, drinking water. So we have to go find water and pampers and food to eat for our family. Its bad. It bad. The bahamian Prime Minister described the death toll as catastrophic and has warned the death toll of 43 will increase significantly. Right now nearly 1,500 people have arrived safely in florida after being evacuated by ship from the bahamas. Rosa flores is live for us at the port of palm beach. Rosa, describe the emotions that people are sharing. Reporter you know, fred, its really undescribable, the stories that were hearing from the people
Well hear from some of those survivors. Live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta, welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Im George Howell. Cnn newsroom starts now. 5 01 on the u. S. East coast. Good to have you with us this day. We start with the devastation in the bahamas. Officials are ramping up Recovery Efforts in the aftermath of the deadly hurricane dorian. On the ground the destruction is you could say just overwhelming. Homes have been destroyed. Entire streets are gone. Debris is everywhere. 43 people have died. That number is expected to rise dramatically. And in one of the hardest hit areas, crews set up a makeshift mortuary. A cnn team saw at least two bodies in that area. Morticians say they are trying to recover more. Thousands of people who lost everything are trying to escape, scrambling to do whatever they can. Paula newton is in one hardhit area, abaco islands there, which is doing its best to recover. Reporter this is an area of
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