An extensive damages to a building is seen following landfall by Hurricane Dorian at an undisclosed location in the Bahamas in this International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies photo released on September 6, 2019. Courtesy International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies/Handout via REUTERS
NASSAU, Bahamas (Reuters) - Hundreds of people fled the Bahamas island of Great Abaco by boat and plane on Friday and thousands more lined up to get on a cruise ship leaving neighbouring Grand Bahama to escape the catastrophic aftermath of Hurricane Dorian.
The most powerful hurricane on record to hit the Bahamas swept through the islands earlier this week, levelling some neighborhoods, swallowing others with storm surge, and causing what one official described as a "staggering" number of deaths.
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