Getting Aid To Bahamas A Logistical Nightmare As Support Systems 'Do Not Exist'
"Anywhere we could put a warehouse has been destroyed by floodwaters and may not be safe for storing supplies," one aid group says of the widespread destruction brought by Hurricane Dorian.
In the Bahamas, the damage Hurricane Dorian wreaked on roads, airports, communication grids and other infrastructure is presenting a logistical nightmare for emergency responders and aid workers trying to get basic supplies to the neediest storm victims.
"Anywhere we could put a warehouse has been destroyed by floodwaters and may not be safe for storing supplies. Communications are down, electricity is down," says Christy Delafield with the aid group Mercy Corps, which has a team on the Grand Bahama Island. "Any of the things you would normally do in a response are going to be 10 times harder because the systems that
