Published 22:09 IST, September 14th 2019
Hurricane Dorian: Bahamians struggle to find work after storm
Thousands of survivors in the Bahamas are struggling to find work post three weeks of Category 5 storm Dorian that hit the islands mid-August and devastated.
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Thousands of survivors in Bahamas are struggling to find work post three weeks of Category 5 storm that hit islands mid-August. rthwestern Bahamas is famously kwn for its casis, golf courses and mega yachts are worried as storm forced m into deep poverty and many struggling to find work to earn ir daily bre. category 5 storm, Dorian wreaked havoc on two islands. As rthwestern Bahamas struggles to recover from Dorian, residents braced for newly formed Tropical Storm Humberto, which was expected to hit two islands over weekend that were alrey battered by Dorian. U.S. National Hurricane Center said storm was passing just east of Great Abaco island early Saturday and would bring heavy rains to rthwestern Bahamas.
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People struggling to find jobs
Bahamas is mainly dependent on tourists but months prior to hurricane unemployment rate on island h decreased slightly. It stood at 10 percent on archipelago which has a population of around 395,000 inhabitants. On Grand Bahama, it was 11% and h increased to 9% on nearby Abaco before Dorian devastated both islands. People are struggling very hard to find any of work after thousands lost ir jobs. An IT technician from Abaco said that it remains totally unclear how many Bahamians affected by hurricane have sought and obtained unemployment benefits, but government has me sure that it will come up with certain measures for evacuees to access those benefits.
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Govt pledged to anunce new measures
y said government has pledged to anunce new measures to help around 5000 people who were evacuated to New Providence, most populous island in Bahamas, from Grand Bahama and Abaco islands after Dorian. More than three-quarters of building was destroyed by hurricane, said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres ahe of a seven-day visit. He said schools and hospitals were completely devastated. Thousands of people are struggling with food, water, and shelter. On or hand, cyclone has helped some workers like carpenters, construction crews and electricians to get more works. Before storm hit, Bahamas h 32,000 people who were self-employed.
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21:35 IST, September 14th 2019