Category 4 hurricane which packed winds of 130mph hit the southern and central Bahamas the hardest on October 1 and 2nd. Hardest Hit in Crooked Islands, Atkins, Long Island, Rum Cay, Exuma and San Salvador where there was flooding and outages, communication to these islands were affected by the blackout that affected landline, internet and mobile outages. 46 persons had to be evacuated from Crooked Islands. A shortage of clean drinking water and food occurred across the southern Bahamian islands. on Several of the islands the airports were severely affected.

Maximum sustained winds of 120 km/h registered near Grand Bahamas. Rainfall measures from 6 to 12 inchesTwo persons were killed including one person who fell trying to repair a window shutter as the storm approached and another who drowned dut to storm surge. Parts of the country lost power and cell service and the Island of Bimini experienced a power outage . Cat island and Exuma received most of the extensive damage with downed trees, utlitlity ploes and strucutral damage to homes.

Storm came into Bahamas as a cateogry 3 storm with winds of 90mph and progressed to a category 3. Central and southeastern regions of the islands hit hard by the storm. About 100 homes were damaged over the islands. Cat Island, Rum Cay, Crooked Island, Acklins and Mayaguana have reported millions of dollars in property damages to homes, churches and other infrastructure . New Providence and Grama Bahama largely avoided the impact of the storm. The disaster agency reported that 90 % of Lovely Bay in Acklins has been wiped out. No lives were lost .