Dorian left a "humanitarian crisis" in the Bahamas | Chronic

A week after the pbading of the devastating Dorian hurricane, the Bahamas are preparing to face a long humanitarian crisis between evacuations, search for victims and health risks.

Although the temporary balance of the disaster has not changed since Friday night, the archipelago authorities warned that the official number of 43 deaths would be scaled up.

Survivors who took refuge on the island of Abaco had what they faced when they had to leave their homes, deprived of water and electricity: "death everywhere" and "garbage accumulated in the middle of the rubble".

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In a joint statement, the Bahamas Ministry of Health and the Pan American Health Organization said the Bahamas does not face any epidemic: "The islands have not been quarantined".

They also admit that "Floods can potentially increase the transmission of contagious diseases related to water". But for now, they are making sure that "no case of cholera has been detected, nor has the number of infectious diseases due to the hurricane increased".

For its part, the UN revealed that Dorian had left at least 70,000 people homeless on the islands of Abacus and Grand Bahama, which were the most severely affected.

Hubert Minnis, Prime Minister of the Bahamas, warned Sunday that Nbadau could not "Welcome to all the victims", which will be temporarily housed in tents. Meanwhile, Haitians living in a hurricane-ravaged poor neighborhood in Abaco have accused the Bahamas government of giving priority to its citizens for evacuations.

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"The Haitians have been treated well, if I had to choose between my mother and my mother-in-law, you know what my choice would be … The government must first find a safe haven for them." answered Dorval Darlier, Haitian entrepreneur in the Bahamas.