With floods still preventing planes from landing in Freeport, a view from the air was the closest that could be managed yesterday.
Nassau got off lightly in Hurricane Frances compared with the nation’s second city, Freeport, which has been one of the worst hit areas, suffering severe devastation. The Tribune – the only local newspaper to be denied a seat on the Prime Minister’s trip to the southern Bahamas – flew over Grand Bahama and Abaco yesterday to survey the damage.
With airports closed, harbours damaged, roads flooded, power lines down and telephones cut off, many settlements in both Grand Bahama and Abaco have been isolated from each other, and the islands are cut off from the outside world.
Stunned Bahamians just getting over the shock of Hurricane Frances are being urged to keep a close eye on Hurricane Ivan, a category four storm that could make its presence felt in the Bahamas as early as Friday morning, the Met Office reported yesterday.
Source: The Tribune
