Hurricane Dorian: After the devastation, the Bahamas began to clean up

The pbadage of hurricane Dorian to the left serious humanitarian crisis in bahamas, with hundreds of thousands of evacuees and at least 50 dead, a figure that could worsen due to the thousands of missing. In this context, the authorities of this country started with the cleaning tasks It could take months.

German and Dutch sailors have started a humanitarian aid mission to the Bahamas after the damage caused by the storms. The arrival of the Dutch ship "Johan de Witt" which also he had 66 German troops on board, was produced Wednesday. According to the German Ministry of Defense, the mission will last until 18 September.

Ad van de Sande, Dutch commander in charge of proximity 550 sailors from the Dutch missionHe explained to the agency ANP that their first operation will consist of unloading vehicles and equipment necessary for badistance.

A preliminary report cited by the agency AP He estimates that Dorian has caused a total of $ 7 billion in damages, but the Bahamian government has not yet given any concrete figures. The teams started removing rubble from Grand Bahama and Abacus, but they move slowly to prevent accidental damage to any body remaining between the cement blocks. In addition, people themselves are helping to clean up what is left of them: they throw mattresses, tear tiles and even fallen branches and utility poles.

The first signs of normalcy following last week's devastation were seen in Freeport, a Grand Bahama city run by a private company that provides public services and charges residents without government intervention. Little by little it started return the electricity In some areas, the operators repaired the street transformers.

But the small villages along the east coast of Grand Bahama have barely been helped. Residents they finger every day from Freeport to their destroyed homes to clbadify their belongings and clean them up.

The Prime Minister acknowledged the situation in his speech on Wednesday. "The coordination of this aid has been problematic due to the magnitude of the devastation.There are not enough words to describe this tragedy. No Bahamian has seen anything like it in his lifesaid Hubert Minnis, who then pledged to cut red tape so help would come sooner.