20 dead in Bahamas as Hurricane Dorian pushes toward South Carolina

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Hurricane Dorian death toll in Bahamas rises to 20, Bahamian health minister says.

"We have seen the life-and-death effects of this storm in the Bahamas, and we urge everyone on the islands at the coast to leave," he said in a statement.to evacuate.

"He was in a tree cutting limbs in preparation, and then a limb broke lose," said Corey Bowles of the Ocoee Fire Department."He was preparing for the storm." Some 823 flights within, into and out of the U.S. were so far cancelled early Wednesday and Daytona Beach, Orlando and Palm Beach international airports are among those that remain closed due to weather conditions, according to FlightAware, an aviation data company.As the U.S. braces for Dorian, the Bahamas has begun to assess the scope of the disaster there.

 

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