Thousands listed as missing in Bahamas in Hurricane Dorian's wake. 'Just waiting hurts us deeply because we don't know what to do, we feel helpless and scared at the same time,' one person says.
late Thursday and that number was expected to rise as recovery efforts continued on the islands where some 70,000 people are in need of aid.as of Friday morning, as thousands were seeking information about their missing loved ones following the hurricane, site founder Vanessa Pritchard-Ansell, told NBC News.
Pritchard-Ansell said she was then approached by a man named Maros Pristas who had created a similar website to Dorian People Search for the British Virgin Islands after Hurricane Irma in 2017. Pritchard-Ansell said even that could mean very different outcomes for people searching for loved ones — people could be found safe, safe but with injuries or it could mean someone was found deceased.
She said the experience has left her hoping government agencies around the world would create a database where people can go to mark if a love done was missing, if their status was known or if they needed a critical evacuation following natural disasters.Dudmire Morris, of New York, told NBC News in a Facebook message that she and her mother had not heard from her cousin and aunt, Cathlene Fenelus and Solanje Jameau, since the day before the hurricane hit the Abaco Islands.
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