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Hurricane Dorian’s death toll in Bahamas rises to 43: media
MARSH HARBOUR, Bahamas, Sept 7, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – The death toll from
Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas has risen to 43, media outlets said late
Friday, and was expected to grow “significantly.”
US network CNN and Bahamas newspaper The Tribune cited Health Minister
Duane Sands as confirming the new toll, up from 30.
“Forty-three is the official count, many missing and this number is
expected to grow significantly,” Erica Wells Cox, a spokeswoman for Prime
Minister Hubert Minnis, told NBC News.
BSS/AFP/GMR/0932 hrs