Bahamian Shelters Are Overflowing After Hurricane Dorian

Bahamian Shelters Are Overflowing After Hurricane Dorian

By James Packard

By James Packard
September 11, 2019

September 11, 2019

Newsy's James Packard is in Central Nassau reporting on how some shelters are overflowing following Hurricane Dorian.

SHOW TRANSCRIPT

Hurricane Dorian made landfall in the Bahamas just over a week ago and has already left thousands of people displaced. Newsy's James Packard reports from Central Nassau on how some shelters are overflowing.

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