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Tropical Storm Warning Issued for Bahamas; 1,300 Still Missing

Reuters

   NASSAU, BAHAMAS - A tropical cyclone was forecast to move across the
   northwestern Bahamas in the coming days,potentially bringing more rain
   and wind to islands alreadydevastated by Hurricane Dorian, the U.S.
   National HurricaneCenter warned on Thursday.

   The Miami-based hurricane center issued a tropical stormwarning for
   islands including hurricane-hitAbacosand GrandBahama, saying the system
   could become a tropical depression orstorm before making landfall as
   early as Friday.

   Hurricane Dorian slammed into the Bahamas on Sept. 1 as a
   Category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanesonrecord to
   hit land, packing top sustained winds of 185 miles perhour (298 km per
   hour).

   The tropical cyclone was not expected to bring anywhere nearthat level
   ofdevastation, butwas capable of winds of 30 milesper hour and 2 to 4
   inches of rain through Sunday, according tothe hurricanecenter.

   Aid groups rushed shelter material to residents living inthe shells of
   former homes or whose homes had beenstripped oftheir roofs.

   "We're seeing plastic tarps go out all over the islands, andthat's
   extremely important because now you've gotanothertropical storm
   coming," said Ken Isaacs, vice president ofprograms for U.S. relief
   organization Samaritan's Purse.

   The prime minister of the Bahamas, Hubert Minnis, onWednesday said the
   official death toll was 50 but was expectedto rise.

   Former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham said he believed"hundreds" were
   dead on Abaco "and significant numbers on GrandBahama," the Nassau
   Guardiannewspaper reported on Thursday.

   Minnis said there were problems coordinating aid due to thelevel of
   devastation and he was trying to remove"bureaucraticroadblocks."

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