NASSAU, Sept. 13 (Reuters) – The tip of a potential tropical storm has brought rain and wind to the Bahamas on Friday morning, complicating the search for 1,300 people missing in the wake of the worst hurricane in the world. the island nation, as well as the efforts deployed relief to the survivors.
A tropical storm warning was in effect in most of the northwestern Bahamas, including the islands of Great Abaco and Grand Bahama, said the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC). These islands were ravaged when Hurricane Dorian tore the archipelago during a Category 5 storm two weeks ago.
Early Friday, the tropical disturbance occurred 375 km east-southeast of Freeport, on the island of Grand Bahama, as it was heading north. West with 30 mph winds.
It was expected that the storm would produce two to four inches of rain on the islands, where the mighty and slow Dorian had ripped off the roofs of thousands of dwellings and dropped to two feet. rain. In some areas, the new storm could drop up to 6 inches of rain until Sunday, said the NHC, but no storm surge was expected.
"Tropical storm force winds, heavy rain and strong waves are forecast" in the Bahamas, center spokesman Dennis Feltgen said. "Wet and windy, which will make the recovery on the northwest of the Bahamas all the more difficult."
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Brennamae Cooper, right, cries and hugs a friend after being found in opposite directions, one escaping the destruction of Hurricane Dorian and the other en route to seek his near, on a devastated road near the city of High Rock, Grand Bahama, Bahamas, Thursday, September 5, 2019. (Photo AP / Ramon Espinosa)
The damage and destruction caused by Hurricane Dorian took place in Great Abaco, Bahamas on Thursday, September 5, 2019. The devastation caused by the storm became even clearer when the death toll was increased to 20. and that many people have come out of shelters to check their homes. (AP Photo / Gonzalo Gaudenzi)
A man flew over the damage caused by Hurricane Dorian on September 5, 2019 in Marsh Harbor, on Great Abaco Island, Bahamas. – Hurricane Dorian hit the Carolinas on Thursday with driving rain and high winds as he approached the east coast of the United States after devastating the Bahamas and killing at least 20 people . (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo credit should read: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP / Getty Images)
Tree branches covered the sidewalks of Forsyth Park on Thursday morning, September 5, 2019, following the passage of Hurricane Dorian. (Steve Bisson / Savannah Morning News via AP)
The homes destroyed by Hurricane Dorian can be seen in Abaco, Bahamas, on Thursday, September 5, 2019. The devastation of the storm was accentuated when the death toll was raised to 20 and many people came out of the shelters. to monitor their homes. (AP Photo / Gonzalo Gaudenzi)
Women cover their heads with palm leaves while they were resting on the road, following the passage of Hurricane Dorian, near High Rock in Grand Bahama, Bahamas on Thursday, September 5, 2019 The women are heading to the city of High Rock for their loved ones. (AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa)
An electrical lineman is working to restore power after a tornado in Emerald Isle, NC, as Hurricane Dorian moved up the east coast on Thursday, September 5, 2019. (AP Photo / Tom Copeland)
The Beaufort Constable, Curtis Resor, left, and the sergeant. Micheal Stepehens checks for the presence of occupants aboard a sailboat in Beaufort, North Carolina, after Hurricane Dorian crossed the North Carolina coast on Friday, September 6, 2019. Dorian exclaimed on the Outer Banks, North Carolina, on Friday – a much weaker but still dangerous version of the storm the havoc in the Bahamas – flooding of houses in the low ribbon of islands and scaring locals all year trying to to oppose it.
(Photo AP / Tom Copeland)
You are here (1 month) for a virtual tour through the country where you are and the personal characters that will lead you around the world, especially in Nassau, Bahamas, on November 5, 2019. (AP Foto / Fernando Llano)
Johnny Crawford bought a fishing boat on September 5, 2019, in Charleston, South Carolina, via Dorian. (AP Foto / Meg Kinnard)
An American Coast Guard helicopter flies over a house destroyed by Hurricane Dorian in High Rock, Grand Bahama, Bahamas on Thursday, September 5, 2019. At least 30 people died in the hurricane and this number could be "significantly higher," Bahamian Health Minister Duane Sands told the Associated Press during a phone interview Thursday night. (AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa)
A man cries after discovering his destroyed house and knowing nothing of his 8 relatives who lived in the house, missing in the wake of Hurricane Dorian, in High Rock, Grand Bahama, Bahamas on Thursday, September 5, 2019 (AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa)
A couple embraces a road destroyed by Hurricane Dorian while he was heading to High Rock City to try to find their loved ones after the passage of Hurricane Dorian, in Grand Bahama, Bahamas , Thursday, September 5, 2019. (AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa)
The Forensic Police is resting after helping to recover a body following Hurricane Dorian, in High Rock, Grand Bahama, Bahamas, on Thursday, September 5, 2019. (Photo AP / Ramon Espinosa)
Fernley Cooper walks with his daughter Grace, with what they could recover from their home, on a road destroyed by Hurricane Dorian, near High Rock, Grand Bahama, Bahamas, on Thursday, September 5, 2019. Cooper and his daughter walked to Freeport to take refuge with their loved ones. (AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa)
Fernley Cooper, hand in hand with his daughter Grace, walks with what they could recover from their home, on a road destroyed by Hurricane Dorian, near High Rock, Grand Bahama, Bahamas on Thursday. September 5, 2019. Cooper and his daughter went to Freeport to take refuge with their relatives. (AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa)
A woman comforts a man who cries after discovering his destroyed house and knowing nothing of his 8 relatives who lived in the house, missing in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, in High Rock, Grand Bahama, Bahamas. Thursday, September 5, 2019. (AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa)
The gantry of a house destroyed by Hurricane Dorian is the only thing left of the structure, destroyed by Hurricane Dorian, in High Rock, Grand Bahama, Bahamas on Thursday, September 5, 2019. At least 30 people died in the hurricane and Duane Sands, the Bahamas' health minister, told the Associated Press during a telephone interview Thursday night. (AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa)
Scientists recover a body following Hurricane Dorian, in High Rock, Grand Bahama, Bahamas, on Thursday, September 5, 2019. (Photo AP / Ramon Espinosa)
Scientists recover a body following Hurricane Dorian, in High Rock, Grand Bahama, Bahamas, on Thursday, September 5, 2019. (Photo AP / Ramon Espinosa)
Brennamae Cooper, right, cries as she heads for Freeport, escaping the damage caused by Hurricane Dorian, near the city of High Rock, Grand Bahama, Bahamas on Thursday, September 5, 2019 Cooper went on foot with her husband and daughter. parents' house in Freeport. The couple on the left goes to High Rock to look for a family member. (AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa)
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The debris of Hurricane Dorrian covers an area of Marsh Harbor, Bahamas, on Thursday, September 5, 2019. Hurricane Dorian has landed here as a Category 5 Hurricane, a deadly storm that destroyed houses, crushed cars, crumpled boats and people killed.
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People explore the streets after Hurricane Dorian on September 5, 2019 in Marsh Harbor, Great Abaco, Bahamas. – The number of victims of Hurricane Dorian has been raised to 30 in the Bahamas, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis told CNN on Thursday.
The authorities had previously reported 20 deaths, but warned that the final figure would certainly be much higher. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo credit should read: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP / Getty Images)
TOPSHOT – View of the damage caused by Hurricane Dorian on September 5, 2019 in Marsh Harbor, Great Abaco, Bahamas. – The number of victims of Hurricane Dorian has been raised to 30 in the Bahamas, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis told CNN on Thursday.
The authorities had previously reported 20 deaths, but warned that the final figure would certainly be much higher. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo credit should read: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP / Getty Images)
TOPSHOT – People are sheltering in a church after surviving Hurricane Dorian on September 5, 2019 in Marsh Harbor, Great Abaco, Bahamas. – The number of victims of Hurricane Dorian has been raised to 30 in the Bahamas, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis told CNN on Thursday.
The authorities had previously reported 20 deaths, but warned that the final figure would certainly be much higher. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo credit should read: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP / Getty Images)
People took refuge in a church after surviving Hurricane Dorian on September 5, 2019 in Marsh Harbor, Great Abaco, Bahamas. – The number of victims of Hurricane Dorian has been raised to 30 in the Bahamas, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis told CNN on Thursday.
The authorities had previously reported 20 deaths, but warned that the final figure would certainly be much higher. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo credit should read: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP / Getty Images)
A man is seen among the damage caused by Hurricane Dorian on September 5, 2019 in Marsh Harbor, Great Abaco, Bahamas. – The number of victims of Hurricane Dorian has been raised to 30 in the Bahamas, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis told CNN on Thursday.
The authorities had previously reported 20 deaths, but warned that the final figure would certainly be much higher. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo credit should read: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP / Getty Images)
Survivors of Hurricane Dorian receive a meal from World Central Kitchen at the Government Complex on September 5, 2019 in Marsh Harbor, Great Abaco, Bahamas. – The number of victims of Hurricane Dorian has been raised to 30 in the Bahamas, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis told CNN on Thursday.
The authorities had previously reported 20 deaths, but warned that the final figure would certainly be much higher. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo credit should read: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP / Getty Images)
People took refuge in a church after surviving Hurricane Dorian on September 5, 2019 in Marsh Harbor, Great Abaco, Bahamas. – The number of victims of Hurricane Dorian has been raised to 30 in the Bahamas, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis told CNN on Thursday.
The authorities had previously reported 20 deaths, but warned that the final figure would certainly be much higher. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo credit should read: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP / Getty Images)
A World Central Kitchen member provides food relief to survivors of Hurricane Dorian on September 5, 2019, in Marsh Harbor, Great Abaco, Bahamas. – The number of victims of Hurricane Dorian has been raised to 30 in the Bahamas, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis told CNN on Thursday.
The authorities had previously reported 20 deaths, but warned that the final figure would certainly be much higher. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo credit should read: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP / Getty Images)
Chief Jose Andres carries food while working with his charity group World Central Kitchen to help survivors of Hurricane Dorian on September 5, 2019 in Marsh Harbor, Great Abaco, Bahamas. – The number of victims of Hurricane Dorian has been raised to 30 in the Bahamas, said Prime Minister Hubert Minnis today to the US network CNN.
The authorities had previously reported 20 deaths, but warned that the final figure would certainly be much higher. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo credit should read: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP / Getty Images)
September 6, 2019; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States; People pick up shells near a broken Jeep car in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, before it is towed around 8 am on Friday, Sept. 6, 2019. Credited: Ken Ruinard / The Greenville News via USA TODAY NETWORK / Sipa USA
September 6, 2019; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States; The real estate delivery books crashed during Hurricane Dorian, but there was not much other damage along North Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Friday, September 6, 2019. Credit: Ken Ruinard / The Greenville News via USA TODAY NETWORK / Sipa USA
September 6, 2019; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States; People walk on the beach at low tide in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina after passing Hurricane Dorian on Friday, September 6, 2019. Credit: Ken Ruinard / The Greenville News via USA TODAY NETWORK / Sipa USA
September 6, 2019; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States; Terence Powell puts the lid back on a North Ocean Boulevard trash can in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Friday, Sept. 6, 2019. Powell said the city had removed them before Hurricane Dorian came in for them to do not fly. Mandatory Credit: Ken Ruinard / The Greenville News via USA TODAY NET / Sipa USA
September 6, 2019; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States; People walk on the beach at low tide in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina after Hurricane Dorian on Friday, September 6, 2019. Credit: Ken Ruinard / The Greenville News via USA TODAY NETWORK / Sipa USA
The waves of Hurricane Dorian hit the pier at Yaupon Beach on Oak Island on Thursday, September 5, 2019 in Oak Island, northwest (photo by Robert Willett / Raleigh News & Observer / TNS / Sipa USA)
Linda Hendrickson and Steve Edwards watch the waves of Hurricane Dorian touch the pier at Yaupon Beach on Oak Island on Thursday, September 5, 2019 in Oak Island, North Carolina (Photo by Robert Willett / Raleigh News & Observer / TNS / Sipa UNITED STATES)
September 5, 2019; Wilmington, North Carolina, United States; The water fills Water Street, in downtown Wilmington, North Carolina, on September 5, 2019. Mandatory Credit: Angeli Wright / Asheville Citizen Times via USA TODAY NETWORK / Sipa USA
September 5, 2019; Wilmington, North Carolina, United States; Jackson Navarra and his dog Riku cross a flooded street, Water Street, near the Riverwalk, in downtown Wilmington, North Carolina, during a break caused by the bad weather caused by Hurricane Dorian on 5 September 2019. Navarra said that he had taken Riku for a long time. to walk because he could and that he was "quite depressed so far" by the storm that should cross the area overnight. Mandatory Credit: Angeli Wright / Asheville Citizen Times via USA Network TODAY NETWORK / Sipa USA
Fire Rescue Verification in the The Retreat sub-sector at Little River, near North Myrtle Beach, after a tornado of Hurricane Dorian damaged the area on Thursday, September 5 2019. Hurricane Dorian Strikes Thursday (Photo by KEN RUINARD / GANNETT USA TODAY NETWORK, The Greenville News via Imagn Content Services, LLC / USA Today Network / Sipa USA)
A man walks away from the ocean on the Myrtle Beach, South Carolina boardwalk on Thursday, September 5, 2019. Hurricane Dorian strikes Thursday (photo by KEN RUINARD / NETWORK TANK USA, The Greenville News via Imagn Content Services, LLC / USA Today Network / Sipa USA)
Tree branches felled on Calhoun Street at Marion Square in Charleston, South Carolina, during Hurricane Dorian on Thursday, September 5, 2019. The center of the storm was 80 km south-south East of Charleston at 7 am, with sustained winds of 115 mph, according to the National Hurricane. Center. Charlestondorian Mb14 09052019 (Photo by MATT BURKHARTT / Staff, Greenville News via Imagn Content Services, LLC / USA Today Network / Sipa USA)
While several law enforcement agencies are continuing their investigation into the murder of at least one Sheriff's County Sheriff's deputy on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, on the highway. 16 along the Canton Country Club, Mississippi state and cantonal police officers focus on the scene of the crime. Shot of Sheriff County Sheriff's Deputy (Photo by Barbara Gauntt / Clarion Ledger, Mississippi Clarion Ledger via Imagn Content Services, LLC / USA Today Network / Sipa USA)
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The storm is expected to pick up speed as it moves into northwest Friday and could hit Florida on Saturday, he said.
In Florida, a tropical storm watch was in effect for parts of the east-central coast early Friday. South Florida could receive tropical storm winds as early as Friday night, the NHC announced.
The tropical cyclone should in no way approach the devastation of Dorian, which hit the Bahamas on September 1 in the form of a Category 5 storm. It was one of the most violent hurricanes in the Atlantic to hit the lander, carrying sustained winds of 298 km / h.
According to the Bahamas government, 1,300 people are still missing. Relief services focus on search and rescue, as well as on the provision of food, water and shelter.
Help groups sent shelter materials to residents living in the old houses.
"We are seeing plastic sheeting pouring into all the islands, which is extremely important as we now have another tropical storm," said Ken Isaacs, vice president of programs at the American Samaritan relief organization & # 39; Purse.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will travel to the Bahamas on Friday and Saturday to meet with those affected by the hurricane and the humanitarian teams assisting them. He planned to meet Prime Minister Hubert Minnis in Nassau.
On Wednesday, the Minnis declared that the official number of dead was 50 but that their number should increase. He said he was trying to remove the "bureaucratic hurdles" in bringing aid to areas where devastation had made it difficult for rescue teams.
Former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham said that he thought "hundreds" of people would have died in Abaco "and a significant number in Grand Bahama," the Nassau Guardian newspaper reported Thursday.
Authorities erected large tents in Nassau to house the homeless in Dorian. They plan to build tent camps on Abaco to house up to 4,000 people. (Report by Zach Fagenson in Nassau, additional reportage by Andrew Hay in Taos, New Mexico, Dan Whitcomb in Los Angeles, Brendan O 'Brien in Chicago and Rich McKay in Atlanta, edited by Jason Neely and David Gregorio)
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