More Hurricane Dorian deaths confirmed in the Bahamas

Hurricane Dorian’s death toll in the Bahamas climbed to 50 on Monday as more deaths were reported from the storm that plowed through the country last week, officials said.

Health Minister Duane Sands confirmed the latest death count, up from 44 on Sunday, to NBC News.

Forty-two bodies have been found in Abaco and eight recovered on Grand Bahama, said Anthony Ferguson, commissioner of Royal Bahamas Police Force.

Thousands of people remain missing, and relief efforts were underway on the battered islands.

“The situation is pretty dire here,” college student Kristoff Strachan on Grand Bahama told MSNBC by phone over the weekend. “It’s just a lot of people trying to get out.”

Rescue workers were going door to door and U.S. Coast Guard helicopters were evacuating critically injured residents.

source: nbcnews.com