Bahamas braces for death toll to soar as Dorian cleanup begins

The death toll of 30 people is expected to soar in the Bahamas as rescue workers began to assess the devastation left behind by Hurricane Dorian.

The death toll of 30 people was expected to soar in the Bahamas as rescue workers began to assess the devastation left behind byCrews assembled to survey the damage have a daunting task of inspecting each home and collapsed structure scattered a 50-mile range of islands to locate the dead, Duane Ernest Lascelles Sands told NBC News.

— on Thursday showed workers in white protective suits and wearing face masks and rubber globes picked through the rubble looking for victims. They loaded body bags onto a flat-bed truck. Communities have been left unrecognizable, with some structures completely flattened while others still standing having endured its siding or roof torn off.

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