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.
Photos: The Wreckage Left by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas
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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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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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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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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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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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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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