Hurricane Dorian Hits the Bahamas and Leaves 5 Dead + How You Can Help Affected People
On September 1, Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas at a speed of 285 km / h. Meanwhile, nine districts in the US state of Florida announced mandatory evacuation due to its approach, and an emergency state in North Carolina.
Check out the details and find out how you can help people affected by Hurricane Dorian on Nexter.org.
Source: weather.com
In a nutshell
Earlier it also became known that Dorian hurricane damaged and destroyed about 13 thousand residential buildings in the Bahamas on the way to the US coast. The Red Cross has already allocated 250 thousand Swiss francs (229 thousand euros) from the emergency assistance fund to eliminate the consequences of the disaster.
The pilots of the special squad “Hurricane Hunters” from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States monitor the ргккшсфту daily: the Lockheed WP-3D Orion flies through the hurricane funnel, collects information, and sends it to the center.
Source: Reuters
The category 5 Hurricane Dorian’s gusts of wind exceeded 300 km/h.
In addition to flying into the center of a hurricane, crews fly over a funnel at an altitude of 13.7 km.
As for the morning of September 3, the strength of the hurricane has fallen to the fourth category, and its path towards Florida has slowed to almost zero. The residents in the Bahamas will continue to sit in shelters.
Hurricane forecast promises that the beast will be down to category 3 near the Bahamas soon. However, “regardless of the details of the intensity forecast, the bottom line is that Dorian is expected to remain a powerful hurricane as it tracks very near the east coast of the U.S. from Florida to North Carolina during the next few days,” the Hurricane Center wrote.
The rescue team is getting rid of a tree that blocked the road after a Dorian storm in Barbados, August 27.
Source: REUTERS / Nigel R Browne
Hurricane Dorian on St. Thomas Island, Virgin Islands, USA, August 28.
Source: REUTERS
The reporters stated that 5 people were killed in the terrifying Hurrican Dorian.
Source: REUTERS
How you can help
There are several charities you can donate to to help the people affected by Hurricane Dorian:
- International Medical Corps
- St. Bernard Project (SBP)
- Heart to Heart
- Americares
- All Hands and Hearts Smart Response
- Direct Relief
- Good 360
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