The Walt Disney Company is coming under fire after it did not evacuate employees from its private island when Hurricane Dorian ripped through the Bahamas over the weekend.
Disney is coming under fire after it did not evacuate employees from its private island when Hurricane Dorian made landfall in the Bahamas.The employees rode out a tropical storm in a shelter on the property.
The company's Castaway Cay, which has been used as a private cruise destination since 1998, is located about 40 miles from where the center of Hurricane Dorian first made landfall on Great Abaco. Disney said the island was not hit by Hurricane Dorian, but experienced a tropical storm. Tropical storms become hurricanes when winds reach in excess of 73 miles per hour."Many of our guests have asked questions about Castaway Cay," Disney wrote on its cruise line website.
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