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Search Suspended for Boat That Left Bahamas With 20 on Board
The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a boat with about 20 people on board that was three days overdue to arrive in Florida after leaving the Bahamas
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Hurricane Isaias Churns Through Bahamas as Florida Prepares
Newly formed Hurricane Isaias is bearing down on the Bahamas and the U.S. East Coast
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Hurricane Isaias Moves Toward Florida
After bringing heavy rain and wind to Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, Isaias has strengthened into a Hurricane and is moving toward Florida.
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JJ Watt Marries Pro Soccer Player Kealia Ohai in the Bahamas
J.J. Watt is officially off-the-market, y’all!
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Months After Hurricane Dorian, Abaco Islands Still Completely Devastated
Months after Hurricane Dorian flattened and flooded Great Abaco Island, the devastation looks much as it did when the storm swept through in September — the strongest ever to hit the Bahamas, NBC News reports. The official death toll stands at 70, but officials have said that more than 600 undocumented residents may have drowned and been washed out to sea.
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Catholic Priest Sex Abuse Settlement Announced
Eight clergy sex abuse victims, including the son of a former Major League Baseball player, announced a settlement with a Catholic order and diocese based in Massachusetts on Monday.
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Holland America Cruise Made Stroke Victim Wait 17 Hours For Help, Husband Claims
A medical emergency ruined their vacation and now a suburban family is suing Holland America, claiming the cruise line waited too long to help.
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Dog Survives in Bahamas Rubble for Weeks After Hurricane Dorian
A dog who survived for weeks in the rubble left in the wake of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas has earned its new name — Miracle. Big Dog Ranch Rescue, a rescue base in Loxahatchee Groves, Florida, got word on Friday morning that there was a dog in need of emergency care. By 1 p.m. on Friday, Miracle had arrived...
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Trump Wants Acting FEMA Head to Have Job Permanently
President Donald Trump wants Pete Gaynor, the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s acting administrator, to have the job permanently. Trump says in a statement Thursday that he intends to nominate Gaynor to be the permanent head of the government’s disaster response agency. Gaynor has filled the role on an acting basis since February, when Brock Long stepped down over questions about...
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Karen Exits Caribbean After Causing Flooding, Power Outages
Authorities in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands reported limited power outages, flooding and landslides as Tropical Storm Karen swirled away from the northeast Caribbean early Wednesday. Some schools and government offices were expected to reopen in the region with the exception of those in St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Ernesto Morales, a meteorologist with the National...
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Restaurateur Behind NH's Common Man Cooks Meals for Dorian Victims
As a humanitarian crisis unfolds in the Bahamas, a local chef and restaurateur is going back to his culinary roots — as a line chef in the devastated country. If you’ve driven I-93 through New Hampshire, chances are you’ve seen, eaten or stayed at one of Alex Ray’s 23 Common Man establishments. He isn’t your typical CEO, he...
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NH Restaurateur Volunteers as Line Cook After Dorian
The chef and restaurateur behind Common Man in New Hampshire us returning to his roots to help with the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian.
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Florida Boy Who Survived Dorian Gets Heartwarming Return From Classmates
Three-year old Makai Simmons received a warm welcome from his classmates when he finally returned to school in Florida after getting stuck in the Bahamas when Hurricane Dorian hit the island.
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As Shock From Hurricane Dorian Wears Off, Mental Health Concerns Grow in Bahamas
Stories of survival are trickling out across northern Bahamas as the initial shock wears off from Hurricane Dorian, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history.
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Students Hug Hurricane Dorian Survivor as He Fights Back Tears in Viral Video
Tekara Capron and her son, 3-year-old Makai Simmons, spent the Labor Day holiday with her family in the Bahamas and weathered Hurricane Dorian as it ruined her mother’s home. Makai returned home to Florida with nightmares. “It’s just that when he’s asleep. He’s more afraid of darkness than usual,” his mother Tekara Capron told NBC News. Makai was still processing...
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Forecasters Warn of US Coast Rip Currents as Humberto Strengthens to Category 1 Hurricane
Beachgoers on the southeastern U.S. coast should be wary of potentially dangerous rip currents caused by Hurricane Humberto, the National Hurricane Center said Sunday. Late Sunday, Humberto strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane. By early Monday, the storm had maximum sustained winds of 85 mph. The storm was about 760 miles west of Bermuda and moving northeast at 5 mph....
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Helicopter Pilot Discovers Villagers Stranded in Debris in the Bahamas
A helicopter pilot volunteering in the Bahamas in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian was shocked to discover this week that an area full of debris from the storm was inhabited by up to 40 people, NBC News reports. Justin Johnson, who owns Timberview Helicopters in Destin, Florida, with his wife, Angela, was heading to Fox Town on Little Abaco Island....
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Cleanup Resumes in Bahamas as Humberto Swirls Away
Jeffrey Roberts lifted a mustard-yellow curtain from the ground to hunt for passports and other documents at the place where his family’s home stood before Hurricane Dorian blasted into Grand Bahama Island. What was underneath was sodden and unrecognizable. He shuffled across a white tile floor, the only clear sign this had once been a house, and found a pair...
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After Dorian, Bahamas Tackles Massive Clean-Up
A preliminary report estimates Dorian caused some $7 billion in damage, but the government has not yet offered any figures. Crews have started to remove some debris on the islands, but they are moving slowly to avoid accidentally disturbing any bodies lying in the rubble. The official death toll stands at 50, and Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said he expects...
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Tentative List of the Missing in Bahamas After Hurricane Dorian Has 2,500 Names
The Bahamas government says there are 2,500 people on its list of those missing after Hurricane Dorian. But the names have yet to be cross-checked against the lists of people evacuated from the devastated islands or staying in shelters.