Hundreds flee Dorian’s Bahamas devastation as hurricane heads to Canada
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Hurricane Dorian is forecast to remain a Category 1 hurricane as it continues churning northward off the US east coast on Saturday.
The latest update on Friday evening from the U.S.-based National Hurricane Centre, has the storm arriving possibly as a Category 2, or at least a strong Category 1. It’s expected to make landfall between the South Shore and Cape Breton on Saturday evening. As of Friday evening the Halifax region is looking like the most likely location.
Widespread sustained winds of more than 60 km/h are likely for all of Nova Scotia, southeastern New Brunswick and P.E.I., with gusts of 90 to 110 km/h.
Meanwhile hundreds of Hurricane Dorian survivors have fled the Bahamas as thousands more anxiously await evacuation from the devastated islands.
The hurricane tore through the islands earlier this week, leaving a trail of destruction and a humanitarian crisis in its wake.
The official death toll rose to 43 on Friday, but is expected to increase further, officials told local media.
With aid efforts under way, many survivors are scrambling to evacuate.
On Friday, crowds desperate to leave amassed in their thousands at ports in Great Abaco and Grand Bahama, two of the worst-hit islands.
Frustrations mounted as survivors, carrying what few possessions they had left, complained of “chaotic” and slow evacuations.
