Photos: The Wreckage Left by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas

Alan Taylor
September 5, 2019
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Rescue efforts are under way in the Bahamas as the official death toll climbed to 20 on Wednesday, after Hurricane Dorian lashed the islands for more than a day. Roads and airports are washed out, neighborhoods are smashed and flooded, and thousands of homes are damaged or destroyed. The Bahamian government and international relief organizations are working to assess the situation and reach those in need, as Dorian continues on a path northward, along the coast of the United States. Gathered here, some early images of the catastrophic damage caused by Dorian’s slow crawl across the Bahamas.

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An aerial view of damage caused by Hurricane Dorian is seen in Marsh Harbour on Great Abaco Island on September 4, 2019, in Great Abaco, Bahamas. #

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This photo provided by NASA shows the eye of Hurricane Dorian, as seen from the International Space Station on September 2, 2019. #

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Strong winds from Hurricane Dorian blow the tops of trees and brush while whipping up water from the surface of a canal that leads to the sea, located behind the brush at top, as seen from the balcony of a hotel in Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas, on September 2, 2019. #

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Julia Aylen wades through waist-deep water carrying her pet dog as she is rescued from her flooded home during Hurricane Dorian in Freeport, Bahamas, on September 3, 2019. #

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Damage at the Abaco Beach Resort, photographed in the Great Abaco island town of Marsh Harbour, Bahamas, on September 1, 2019 #

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Hurricane-damaged vehicles and trees at the Abaco Beach Resort in Marsh Harbour, Bahamas, photographed on September 1, 2019 #

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People walk through the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian on the Great Abaco island town of Marsh Harbour on September 2, 2019. #

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A storm-damaged car sits in a flooded parking lot in a facility next to the Leonard M. Thompson International Airport after Hurricane Dorian hit the Abaco Islands in Marsh Harbour, on September 4, 2019. #

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An unidentified helicopter lands at the Marsh Harbour Medical Clinic in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, on September 4, 2019. #

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Widespread destruction caused by Hurricane Dorian is seen from the air, above Marsh Harbour, Great Abaco island, on September 4, 2019. #

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An aerial view of damage caused by Hurricane Dorian is seen on Great Abaco island on September 4, 2019. #

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Houses damaged by Hurricane Dorian, photographed on Great Abaco island on September 4, 2019 #

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An aerial view of a flooded and storm-damaged house on September 4, 2019, in Great Abaco, Bahamas #

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Hurricane-damaged boats, trees, and houses, photographed from the air above Great Abaco island on September 4, 2019 #

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An aerial view of damage caused by Hurricane Dorian in Marsh Harbour, photographed on September 4, 2019, in Great Abaco, Bahamas #

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Some of the storm-damaged shoreline of Great Abaco, seen on September 4, 2019 #

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An aerial view of a flooded and badly damaged building, after Hurricane Dorian passed over Great Abaco island on September 4, 2019 #

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People wait for relief supplies to arrive at Treasure Cay Airport following Hurricane Dorian on September 4, 2019, in Great Abaco, Bahamas. #

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Damaged trees, containers, and buildings lie scattered in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian in the Great Abaco island town of Marsh Harbour on September 4, 2019. #

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George Bolter (left) and his parents walk through the remains of his home, destroyed by Hurricane Dorian, in the Pine Bay neighborhood of Freeport, Bahamas, on September 4, 2019. #

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A small aircraft lies upside down in floodwater on Great Abaco island on September 4, 2019. #

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An aerial view shows a flooded neighborhood after Hurricane Dorian passed over Grand Bahama island on September 4, 2019. #

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Sissel Mosvold embraces a volunteer who helped rescue her mother from her home, flooded by the waters of Hurricane Dorian, on the outskirts of Freeport, Bahamas, on September 4, 2019. Sissel’s 84-year-old mother was taken to a hospital in Freeport. #

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A chair is caught in a grove, blown there by Hurricane Dorian's powerful winds, in Pine Bay, near Freeport, Bahamas, on September 4, 2019. #

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People walk through the ruins of a neighborhood scoured by Hurricane Dorian, in Marsh Harbour, Great Abaco island, on September 4, 2019. #

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Petty Officer Second Class Jethro Hauser sits aboard a helicopter with one of the survivors evacuated during search and rescue operations following Hurricane Dorian in Treasure Cay, Bahamas, on September 4, 2019. #

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A child walks past clothes laid out to dry in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, in the Arden Forest neighborhood of Freeport, Bahamas, on September 4, 2019. #

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An aerial view of damage from Hurricane Dorian in Marsh Harbour, Great Abaco island, photographed on September 5, 2019. #

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Jasmine Farrington (right) greets Martha Eyma after she was rescued and flown to Nassau from the devastated Abaco Islands on September 4, 2019, in Nassau, Bahamas. #

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