translated from Spanish: Hurricane “Dorian,” Category 5, claimed its first casualty: a seven-year-old

“We’re facing a hurricane (…) as we have never seen in the history of the Bahamas,” said Prime Minister Hubert Minnis, who broke down in tears at the press conference. “It’s probably the saddest day of my life,” he added. Category 5 Hurricane Dorian made landfall at noon yesterday at The Elbow Cay of the Abalus Islands in the northwestern Bahamas, an archipelago of 700 islands, islets and cays. There he caused great material damage and took his first victim: a seven-year-old boy. The child was identified as Lachino McIntosh. He drowned from the steep rise of the waters, while his sister is missing.

Dorian is a monstrous hurricane. I hope everyone has sought refuge and can handle the emergency in the best possible way in the Bahamas. pic.twitter.com/wvcJe1fhr1 — Valeria Collazo (@ValeriaCollazoC)
September 1, 2019

Everything was submerged underwater, the streets are like rivers and the only thing you see of the houses are the roofs. Citizens were left incommunicado and without power. Wind gusts reached 350 kilometers per hour. 
Meanwhile, the cyclone, described as “catastrophic,” is advancing today toward Florida and could be the strongest hurricane hit the east coast of Florida since Andrew.

Original source in Spanish

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