WASHINGTON _ The U.S. has deployed a disaster response team to the Bahamas to assess what is expected to be catastrophic damage to the island nation from Hurricane Dorian.
A USAID official told McClatchy that aid has been prepositioned in Miami, Houston, Barbados, Haiti and Dominica _ including food, water buckets, hygiene kits, chainsaws and plastic sheeting for emergency shelter _ awaiting shipment to the Bahamas once the agency's disaster team completes its first assessment of the damage.
"We have stuff ready to go _ but right now we're preparing to do assessments," the official stated.
