‘Dorian’-hit Bahamas begins rescues

FREEPORT, Bahamas: Bahamians rescued victims of Hurricane “Dorian” with jet skis and a bulldozer as the US Coast Guard, Britain’s Royal Navy and a handful of aid groups tried to get food and medicine to survivors and take the most desperate people to safety.

Airports were flooded and roads impassable after the most powerful storm to hit the Bahamas in recorded history parked over Abaco and Grand Bahama islands, pounding them with winds up to 185 mph (295 kph) and torrential rain before finally moving into open waters Tuesday on a course toward Florida.