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NICOLE MAKES LANDFALL 800 seek shelter as hurricane hits GB and Abaco
By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
ACTING Prime Minister Chester Cooper speaking yesterday. Photo: Moise Amisial
MORE than 800 people were forced to seek shelter yesterday as Hurricane Nicole barreled across Abaco and Grand Bahama, dumping heavy rain and gusty winds – stirring up painful memories for many still reeling from Dorian’s devastation. The storm’s centre made landfall on Abaco just before noon Wednesday as a tropical storm before trekking over to Grand Bahama, which officials
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DAMAGE to a gas station in Cooper’s Town, Abaco, yesterday. said was in line for a direct hit. By the time the storm reached the nation’s second city — around 6pm — it had already intensified to a category one hurricane. A total of 885 people were said to be housed in government shelters as a result of the storm as of 4pm yesterday. Details on Nicole’s full impact on Grand Bahama were not known up to press time last night, but as it made landfall, the storm
was said to be moving west at 13mph with an estimated maximum sustained wind of 75mph. Even before landfall, there were reports of downed trees and heavy flooding in parts of Grand Bahama as well as in Abaco, including its cays - though there were no confirmed casualties. There were also reported power outages, water disruption and uprooted structures, but structural damage overall
was said not to be extensive on the island. “Abaco fared better in terms of wind speed, according to Mr Greene from the Met Department. The highest sustained winds were around 43 miles an hour with gusts of up to 59,” Minister of State for Disaster Preparedness Myles Laroda said during a press conference at the National Emergency Management Agency yesterday. SEE PAGES TWO & THREE
HURRICANE NICOLE COVERAGE ON PAGES 2,3,4,5,7,10
SECURITIES COMMISSION PROBE CRISIS AS FTX RISKS COLLAPSE By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net THE Securities Commission was yesterday investigating the crisis that has left The Bahamas’ flagship digital assets investor on the brink of collapse after a rival crypto currency exchange walked away from a rescue deal. Christina Rolle, the regulator’s executive director, could not be reached for comment but sources confirmed it was “very closely monitoring and investigating” the situation that at press time last night appeared to have left FTX’s continued existence - and multi-million dollar Bahamas expansion plans - in ever-growing peril. In a day of fast-paced developments rival exchange, Binance, walked away from acquiring FTX in a deal that was effectively a bail-out designed to alleviate the latter’s liquidity crisis. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
SARKIS CLAIMS KICKBACKS TO OFFICIALS IN BAHA MAR PLOT
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
SARKIS Izmirlian is doubling down on allegations of “shocking evidence” that Baha Mar’s main contractor “paid illegal kickbacks to the family of Bahamian officials” as part of a plot to seize Baha Mar and establish “Chinese control”. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
ROADS CLOSED AND ROUGH SEAS - BUT NEW PROVIDENCE SPARED HEAVY flooding caused by Hurricane Nicole’s outer bands resulted in several roads in New Providence being closed yesterday. Photos and videos showing large waves spilling over seawalls and into roadways on West Bay Street circulated on social media yesterday. SEE PAGE SEVEN
FRONT PORCH: MOTORISTS navigate flooding and debris on West Bay Street yesterday. Photo: Austin Fernander
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