Island nation takes a licking, but keeps on ticking.
Frank Comito, the Bahamas Hotel Association's executive vice-president, said: 'We've held up fairly well. Just about everyone is fully operational right now.'
Hundreds of homes were exposed to the elements, their roofs ripped off like cardboard during Frances’ rampage over Grand Bahama.
Grand Bahama, in the northern Bahamas, is considered one of the ļ¾ islands hardest hit by furious Hurricane Frances which lingered here for four days.
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While New Providence may have been relatively lucky, resorts in the harder hit family islands were not.
Stunned Bahamians just getting over the shock of Hurricane Frances are being urged to keep a close eye on Hurricane Ivan.
As the Bahamian people began to count the cost yesterday, it became clear that the killer storm – the first to affect the entire Bahamas…
Hurricane Frances flattened houses, tore open roads and flooded broad stretches during its three-day rip through the Bahamas, leaving death and injuries behind.