i know i visited the morgue in marsh harbour, abaco. they have a large trailer, a container, large container outside that is supposed to be used to store bodies, and, again, the morgue in abaco is such an overwhelming situation. there are so many bodies out in the migrant villages in abaco to collect. jared, in terms of what you imagine happening next we have been reporting on the resources we can see mobilized, the coast guard resources, the naval resources, the air lifts we re able to describe. on the ground there does it feel like the international effort is scaling up, that the resources are at some point going to approach the need? i believe so. i ll also make a note that, you know, there are the resources, the aid, such as food, water. but then there s also the search
and rescue teams that have come in from the united states, search and rescue teams from different cities in the u.s. and of course the british have sent their military personnel over, too, because there are still people in communities in abaco not just marsh harbour, who are still trapped. who still need people to come in and save them. there is so much work to do. this isn t just abaco. this is also grand bahama, which is another island where many people are still trapped and there are still search and rescue missions ongoing. jared higgs, reporter for the nassau guardian in the bahamas. i really appreciate you taking the time to speak with us. such a dire situation. thank you for your time tonight. thank you, rachel. again, a remarkable situation there. i want to reiterate the news we ve just received within the past hour from the office of the prime minister in the bahamas. as of this time last night we had the very sad news that there was a rise in the death toll to 30. we
everyone, we know communications right now are dicey after the storm, so we re hoping to hold your cell signal for as long as we can. jason, tell me your story. hi, chuck. it s jared. i was in marsh harbor, yesterday, where the eye of this very deadly storm passed over. it is sadly like a war zone there. the people are desperate, many of them trying really hard to evacuate the island. there are really basically needs. they need water, many people are at a shelter, at a government complex. i have describing it, it s where hundreds of people are where currently it s where hundreds of people are currently being sheltered. they have all of their clothes hanging up, they re hanging out. it s just where they are and it s what they have right now, many people trying to evacuate. jared, i m curious, i m sure they are getting a bunch of
tandem. look, you ve seen it firsthand. what s your sense of how much gets rebuilt and how much never gets rebuilt? i will say that march harbor will be rebuilt. the reason i say that is because the people there are very proud. marsh harbor, abaco, again, abaco is an island in the northern bahamas. it s not anywhere near the capital, new providence, nassau that you may have visited on a vacation, perhaps. it s its own island. its people are very resilient. they have been telling me they re going to rebuild, but it s going to be a long process in order to do so. i imagine it is and i would like to think many people in the united states will be there for them. jared higgs, thank for doing the reporting you re doing and sharing with us. if you want to help provide for people displaced by this storm, go to redcross.org for more information and we ll be
storm, razing entire neighborhoods. officials say hundreds if not thousands of people are still missing and the death toll now at 30 will certainly climb, sadly. and many of those that did survive the storm are in need of urgent help. the area looked like we were bombed. everything in abaco is gone. i ve lived in the abacos all my life. i ve been through hurricane floyd, which was a 5 also, but i tell people, this was like a 10. i mean, everything is gone. i got my two boys, my wife, and i and we don t have nothing now. house gone, car gone. all of our homes are destroyed. we have nowhere to go. it destroyed everything. everyone s life. absolutely. because we have nowhere to go now. ain t nothing to do. jared higgs is a reporter at the nassau guardian. he saw the destruction on abaco firsthand and joins me now on the phone. and i just want to warn