Hurricane Dorian
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Video | Aerial view of devastation caused in Bahamas as UN Secretary General tours Abaco Islands
World | Sep 15, 2019, 06:55 AM 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 | Sep 15, 2019, 06:21 AM 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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Hurricane Dorian aftermath: Bahamians look for loved ones as 2,500 missing
India | Sep 13, 2019, 11:19 AM ISTThey scan social media, peer under rubble, or try to follow the smell of death in an attempt to find family and friends. They search amid alarming reports that 1,300 people remain listed as missing nearly two weeks after Hurricane Dorian hit the northern Bahamas.
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After Hurricane Dorian, Bahamas tackles massive clean-up
India | Sep 12, 2019, 10:48 AM ISTAs the cleanup continues, the first hints of normalcy could be seen in Freeport, a city on Grand Bahama that is operated by a private company, which provides utilities and charges residents without any government intervention.
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Hurricane Dorian: Desperation mounts in Bahamas as shelters turn evacuees away
World | Sep 11, 2019, 06:34 AM ISTNearly 5,000 people have arrived in Nassau by plane and by boat, and many were struggling to start new lives, unclear of how or where to begin. More than 2,000 of them were staying in shelters, according to government figures.
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Hurricane Dorian: Journalist's daughter risks life to save life of her pet in Bahamas (watch video)
News | Sep 09, 2019, 11:29 PM ISTThe physical destruction is massive. It is encouraging, however, to see the way that some people, residents are finding quick solutions to respond to the situation themselves. But they need support. There is an urgent need for critical life saving
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Dorian brings heavy rain, wind to Atlantic Canada
News | Sep 09, 2019, 11:33 PM ISTThe storm that already walloped the Virgin Islands, Bahamas and North Carolina lashed at far-eastern Canada with hurricane-force winds for much of Sunday, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people before weakening and heading into the Nor
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Dorian lashes east Canada, then weakens heading out to sea
World | Sep 09, 2019, 01:05 PM ISTDorian had hit near the city of Halifax Saturday afternoon, ripping roofs off apartment buildings, toppling a huge construction crane and uprooting trees. There were no reported deaths in Canada, though the storm was blamed for at least 50 elsewhere along its path.
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Dorian toll increases to 44 in Bahamas
World | Sep 09, 2019, 12:17 PM ISTDorian on Saturday made landfall in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia as a post-tropical cyclone.
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Hurricane Dorian: Indian Government extends immediate disaster relief of $ 1 million
India | Sep 08, 2019, 01:59 PM ISTThe Government of India has decided to extend immediate relief disaster relief for the victims of Hurricane Dorian. The government took this decision as an act of solidarity towards the people of The Bahamas and the mass destruction caused by Hurricane Dorian.
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NOAA assailed for defending Trump’s Hurricane Dorian claim
World | Sep 08, 2019, 06:15 AM ISTThe White House declined to comment Saturday when asked if it had directed NOAA to release the statement. NOAA officials also didn’t respond to requests for comment.
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Hurricane Dorian’s floodwaters trap people in attics in North Carolina
World | Sep 07, 2019, 07:15 AM ISTOver and over, longtime residents said that they had never seen flooding so bad, and that places in their homes that had never flooded before were inundated.
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Hurricane Dorian grazes Carolina coast, aims for Outer Banks
World | Sep 06, 2019, 07:31 AM ISTHurricane Dorian sideswiped the Carolinas with shrieking winds, tornadoes and sideways rain Thursday as it closed in for a possible direct hit on the dangerously exposed Outer Banks. At least four deaths in the Southeast were blamed on the storm.
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Hurricane Dorian: Carolinas coast braces for flooding and hazards
World | Sep 05, 2019, 12:54 PM ISTThe National Weather Service issued a hurricane warning Wednesday for the Atlantic coast from northern Georgia to southern Virginia, predicting a “potentially life-threatening storm surge” around the North Carolina-South Carolina line.
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Hurricane Dorian death toll climbs to 20 in devastated Bahamas
World | Sep 05, 2019, 06:32 AM ISTThe ground crunched under Greg Alem’s feet on Wednesday as he walked over the ruins of his home, laid waste by Hurricane Dorian. He touched a splintered beam of wood and pointed to the fallen trees, overcome by memories.
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Bahamians begin rescues as Hurricane Dorian moves on toward US coast
World | Sep 04, 2019, 12:27 PM ISTPeople on the U.S. coast made final preparations for a storm with winds at a still-dangerous 110 mph (175 kph), making it a Category 2 storm. At least seven deaths were reported in the Bahamas, with the full scope of the disaster still unknown. The storm’s punishing winds and muddy brown floodwaters destroyed or severely damaged thousands of homes, crippled hospitals and trapped people in attics.
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Watch: Hurricane Dorian hits Bahamas
News | Sep 03, 2019, 08:44 PM ISTHurricane Dorian is beginning to inch northwestward after being stationary over the Bahamas, where its relentless winds have caused catastrophic damage and flooding.
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Hurricane Dorian submerges Bahamas Airport | Watch
News | Sep 03, 2019, 08:44 PM ISTAn international airport on the Bahamas' northernmost island was submerged underwater on Monday following heavy rain from Hurricane Dorian.Vision shot by Bahamas Member of Parliament Iram Lewis showed a current of water passing the flooded Grand Ba