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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Read moreAn aerial view of damage caused by Hurricane Dorian is seen in Marsh Harbour on Great Abaco Island on September 4, 2019, in Great Abaco, Bahamas. #
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Read moreThis photo provided by NASA shows the eye of Hurricane Dorian, as seen from the International Space Station on September 2, 2019. #
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Read moreStrong 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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Read moreJulia 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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Read moreDamage at the Abaco Beach Resort, photographed in the Great Abaco island town of Marsh Harbour, Bahamas, on September 1, 2019 #
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Read moreHurricane-damaged vehicles and trees at the Abaco Beach Resort in Marsh Harbour, Bahamas, photographed on September 1, 2019 #
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Read morePeople walk through the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian on the Great Abaco island town of Marsh Harbour on September 2, 2019. #
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Read moreA 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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Read moreAn unidentified helicopter lands at the Marsh Harbour Medical Clinic in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, on September 4, 2019. #
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Read moreWidespread destruction caused by Hurricane Dorian is seen from the air, above Marsh Harbour, Great Abaco island, on September 4, 2019. #
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Read moreAn aerial view of damage caused by Hurricane Dorian is seen on Great Abaco island on September 4, 2019. #
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Read moreHouses damaged by Hurricane Dorian, photographed on Great Abaco island on September 4, 2019 #
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Read moreAn aerial view of a flooded and storm-damaged house on September 4, 2019, in Great Abaco, Bahamas #
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Read moreHurricane-damaged boats, trees, and houses, photographed from the air above Great Abaco island on September 4, 2019 #
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Read moreAn aerial view of damage caused by Hurricane Dorian in Marsh Harbour, photographed on September 4, 2019, in Great Abaco, Bahamas #
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Read moreSome of the storm-damaged shoreline of Great Abaco, seen on September 4, 2019 #
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Read moreAn aerial view of a flooded and badly damaged building, after Hurricane Dorian passed over Great Abaco island on September 4, 2019 #
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Read morePeople wait for relief supplies to arrive at Treasure Cay Airport following Hurricane Dorian on September 4, 2019, in Great Abaco, Bahamas. #
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Read moreDamaged trees, containers, and buildings lie scattered in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian in the Great Abaco island town of Marsh Harbour on September 4, 2019. #
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Read moreGeorge 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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Read moreA small aircraft lies upside down in floodwater on Great Abaco island on September 4, 2019. #
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Read moreAn aerial view shows a flooded neighborhood after Hurricane Dorian passed over Grand Bahama island on September 4, 2019. #
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Read moreSissel 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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Read moreA chair is caught in a grove, blown there by Hurricane Dorian's powerful winds, in Pine Bay, near Freeport, Bahamas, on September 4, 2019. #
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Read morePeople walk through the ruins of a neighborhood scoured by Hurricane Dorian, in Marsh Harbour, Great Abaco island, on September 4, 2019. #
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Read morePetty 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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Read moreA child walks past clothes laid out to dry in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, in the Arden Forest neighborhood of Freeport, Bahamas, on September 4, 2019. #
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Read moreAn aerial view of damage from Hurricane Dorian in Marsh Harbour, Great Abaco island, photographed on September 5, 2019. #
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Read moreJasmine 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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