1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Bahamas: Response to Hurricane Dorian Rhoda Margesson Specialist in International Humanitarian Policy Mark P. Sullivan Specialist in Latin American Affairs Updated October 1, 2019 On September 1-2, 2019, Hurricane Dorian,
2、a Category 5 storm with winds of 180 miles per hour and storm surges of up to 23 feet, caused widespread damage to the islands of Grand Bahama and Abaco in the northwestern Bahamas, a country of some 700 islands off the southeast coast of the United States (see Figure 1). The official death toll is
3、53 as of September 25 (with the majority on Abaco) but is expected to rise. The number of missing is estimated at around 600 (down from an original estimate of 2,500), according to the Bahamian governments National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). With an estimated population of 51,000 on Grand B
4、ahama and 17,200 on Abaco, the two islands account for about 18% of the Bahamas population of almost 390,000. According to the U.S Agency for International Development (USAID), 60% of the structures on Grand Bahama and Abaco were completely or severely damaged and 27% were moderately damaged. Among
