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Aid Efforts Ramping Up in Bahamas After Hurricane Dorian

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   The United States, along with the international community, have ramped
   up efforts to assist residents in the Bahamas after the devastation
   caused by Hurricane Dorian.
   Five days after the hurricane hit the islands as an extremely powerful
   Category 5 storm, an estimated 70,000 people are in need of immediate
   humanitarian relief and Bahamian officials say hundreds, if not,
   thousands of people are still missing.
   The U.S. Coast Guard is working with the National Emergency Management
   Agency in the Bahamas and has rescued 295 people since Dorian hit,
   according to the U.S. embassy in Nassau.

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