The Bahamas, devastated: 2,500 missing after Hurricane Dorian

At a press conference, the spokesman for the Bahamas National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Carl Smith, insisted that the number of deaths could increase, while the figure of 2,500 could fall "a little", because we still have to check the number of people housed in shelters and evacuees from the devastated islands.

Although the Bahamas government rejected "false information" published in social networks and local media, pointing out that the hurricane had caused thousands of deaths in the archipelago, the former prime minister Bahamas, Hubert Ingraham, had revealed "in his own name". What?Hundreds of people "died in Abacus and a" significant number "in Grand Bahama.

Bahamas Chief of National Security, Marvin Dames, said that "we must be extremely cautious with this newsbecause they affect people who are very emotionally affected, and when we post this information on social networks or other media, things can get complicated, "he said.

Hurricane Dorian

In addition, the government has some 10,000 people in Abacus need water, food and temporary housingAccording to the UN, the EFE agency estimates that 70,000 people do not have housing or are severely damaged in areas affected by the hurricane.