Overview
- Now a Category 1 system with sustained winds near 150 km/h, the storm is bringing dangerous surge and flooding to the Bahamas and is forecast to track toward Bermuda.
- Bahamas officials ordered evacuations for six islands and airlifted about 1,500 people before flights were halted, with Prime Minister Philip Davis pledging recovery.
- In Haiti, officials report at least 24 deaths, roughly 20 in Petit Goâve, with at least 18 people missing and about half of the victims children.
- Jamaica counts at least nine deaths, mass power outages affecting roughly 77% of the island, and damage to hospitals and bridges, while Cuba reports severe flooding and crop losses after evacuating more than 735,000 people with no deaths confirmed.
- The United States announced support and deployed disaster-relief, search-and-rescue, and assessment teams, coordinating with the United Nations, NGOs, and regional governments.