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The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Ibis' searches for people missing from a capsized boat off the coast of Florida on Tuesday. U.S. Coast Guard via AP hide caption

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Environmentalists warn that exploratory drilling, like that set to begin later this month, can be as or more dangerous than actual extraction. Arvind Vallabh/Getty Images hide caption

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Offshore Drilling Set To Begin Off Florida Alarms Environmentalists

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Thursday

Hurricane Dorian hit Marsh Harbour on Abaco in the Bahamas particularly hard. This October 2019 photo shows how the storm's powerful winds and storm surge obliterated the island's largest city. Russell Lewis/NPR hide caption

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Left: Volunteers take part in a "mapathon" organized by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. Right: OpenStreetMap contributors pinpoint dump sites along rivers and waterways in Dar es Salaam in an effort to predict and prevent flooding in the Tanzanian city. Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team hide caption

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"The number of people registered missing with the Bahamas government is going down daily," a spokesman for the Bahamian National Emergency Management Agency assured the public. Ramon Espinosa/AP hide caption

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Reknowned chef José Andrés (right) is interviewed by ABC News last week in the Bahamian capital, Nassau, before heading to the Abaco Islands to deliver food to people stranded left by Hurricane Dorian. Cheryl Diaz Meyer for NPR hide caption

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How To Help Hurricane Dorian Survivors In The Bahamas

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Several hundred Haitians and Bahamians wait at the port of Marsh Harbour in hopes of boarding a boat to Nassau on Friday. Cheryl Diaz Meyer for NPR hide caption

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Residents wade through a street flooded with water brought on by Hurricane Dorian in Freeport, Bahamas, on Tuesday. The storm spent most of Monday and into the morning Tuesday essentially stalled out over the Bahamas, relentlessly pounding the islands with high winds and catastrophic flooding. Ramon Espinosa/AP hide caption

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