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Strong Ties to Mainland Sustain Islands Reeling From Storm’s Devastation

Volunteers organize water donated for those affected by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas at the Christ Episcopal Church in Miami, Sept. 4, 2019. Bahamians settled South Florida in the 1800s. Now the descendants of those early inhabitants are engaged in a frantic effort to help storm victims in the country of their ancestors. (Saul Martinez/The New York Times)