THE BAHAMAS Humberto only brought rain before it moved away
given the tropical storm.
“He’s still there. I don’t know why,” he said.
The hurricane center said most of Humberto’s heavy squalls were occurring north and east of the center of the storm, which passed just east of Abaco. However, government officials in the Bahamas took no chances and urged people in damaged homes to seek shelter as they announced that aid efforts would be temporarily affected.
“The weather system will slow down logistics,” said Carl Smith, spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency.
The distribution of meals in Grand Bahama was reduced ahead of the storm, and a spokesman for the United Nations World Food Program said all flights into its logistics hub in Marsh Harbor in Abaco were suspended.
Later Saturday, WFP spokesman Herve Verhoosel said the agency had resumed activities in Marsh Harbor.
“Our team is back at work to support the population and relief organizations,” Verhoosel said in a statement.
Dave McGregor, president and COO of the Grand Bahama Power Co., said crews would resume restoring power as soon as possible.
“We are back in stormpreparation mode again, unfortunately,” he said.
Guterres, who was in Abaco on Saturday, said he was “horrified” by the level of “systematic devastation.”
“Hurricane Dorian has been classified as Category 5. I think it’s Category Hell,” the UN secretary-general said after his visit.
He said storms powered by climate change had grown more intense, and he implored the international community to learn from the example of Abaco and Grand Bahama and provide support.