Bahamas
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Hurricane Melissa leaves trail of destruction in Jamaica, heads toward Cuba as category 4 storm
World | October 29, 2025 11:34 ISTHurricane Melissa slammed into Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, the strongest in the island’s history, killing at least seven people across the Caribbean and causing widespread destruction.
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Video | Aerial view of devastation caused in Bahamas as UN Secretary General tours Abaco Islands
World | September 15, 2019 6:55 ISTThe Secretary-General visited the Abaco islands together with the Bahamian Prime-Minister Hubert Minnis. They toured the stricken areas in a helicopter provided by the Dutch Royal Navy which dispatched one of its ships to assist in the emergency.
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Still reeling from Dorian, Bahamas hit by tropical storm
World | September 15, 2019 6:21 ISTAt 5 p.m. EDT, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Humberto was located about 70 miles (113 kilometres) north of Great Abaco Island and was moving 7 mph (11 kph) north-northwest with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (80 kph). The Bahamian government discontinued a tropical storm warning.
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Dorian toll increases to 44 in Bahamas
World | September 09, 2019 12:17 ISTDorian on Saturday made landfall in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia as a post-tropical cyclone.
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‘Hour of darkness’ for Bahamas; 43 dead, with toll to rise
World | September 07, 2019 21:36 ISTPrime Minister Hubert Minnis said late Friday 35 were known dead on Abaco Island and eight in Grand Bahama. “We acknowledge that there are many missing and that the number of deaths is expected to significantly increase,” he said. “This is one of the stark realities we are facing in this hour of darkness.”
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Deadly Hurricane Dorian parks itself over the Bahamas
World | September 03, 2019 18:38 ISTThe storm’s relentless winds and rain battered homes and businesses on the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama, which have a combined population of about 70,000 and are no more than 40 feet (12 meters) above sea level at their highest points. The Grand Bahama airport was under 6 feet (2 meters) of water.
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Video: Hurricane Dorian submerges Bahamas airport
World | September 03, 2019 18:29 ISTVision shot by Bahamas Member of Parliament Iram Lewis showed a current of water passing the flooded Grand Bahama International Airport.
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Hurricane Dorian triggers massive flooding in Bahamas; at least 5 dead
World | September 03, 2019 8:27 IST“We are in the midst of a historic tragedy,” Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said in announcing the fatalities. He called the devastation “unprecedented and extensive.”
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Dorian strikes Bahamas as dangerous Category 5 storm
World | September 01, 2019 23:29 ISTThe second-strongest Atlantic hurricane since 1950, Dorian hit land in Elbow Cay in the Abaco Islands after authorities made last-minute pleas for those in low-lying areas to evacuate. But officials recognized there were not many structures on higher ground on the largely flat archipelago southeast of Florida.
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Bahamas holds its breath as level five Hurricane Dorian inches closer to make landfall at tropical paradise
World | September 01, 2019 18:14 ISTAn already dangerous Hurricane Dorian intensified yet again Sunday as it closed in on the northern Bahamas, threatening to batter islands with Category 5-strength winds, pounding waves and torrential rain as people hunkered down in schools, churches and other shelters.
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Northern Bahamas hunkers down as Hurricane Dorian closes in
World | September 01, 2019 14:56 ISTA dangerous Hurricane Dorian closed in on the northern Bahamas early Sunday, threatening to batter islands with 150 mph (240 kph) winds, pounding waves and torrential rain as people hunkered down in schools, churches and other shelters.
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Fierce Hurricane Matthew heads for the south-eastern United States after killing 102
World | October 06, 2016 23:26 ISTAfter killing at least 102 people, mostly in Haiti, Hurricane Matthew, the fiercest Caribbean storm in nearly a decade, moved toward the Bahamas and Florida's eastern coast on Thrusday. The damage from the storm
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Bahamas: Nine killed in plane crash
World | November 10, 2014 9:16 ISTGrand Bahama: A small plane has crashed on approach to the island of Grand Bahama, killing all 9 people on board, the government of the Bahamas said.The Lear 36 Executive Jet had taken off from
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Jay-Z to buy island in Bahamas
Hollywood | April 10, 2013 17:04 ISTLos Angeles, April 10: Rapper Jay-Z is reportedly planning to buy an island worth 2 million pounds in Bahamas for wife Beyonce Knowles."Jay's been looking for a private island for the family. He wants to
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Hurricane Irene Lashes Bahamas And Aims At US Coast
World | August 25, 2011 16:35 ISTFreeport, Bahamas, August 25: Hurricane Irene pounded the Bahamas on Wednesday with winds of 120 miles (195 kilometers) an hour and churned up heavy seas as it barreled along a path towards the populous US
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Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem Marry In The Bahamas
Hollywood | July 14, 2010 11:05 ISTIt's a match made in Oscar heaven: Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem have gotten married. Cruz's representative Amanda Silverman confirms the couple were married at the beginning of July at a friend's house in the
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