The government has issued formal evacuation notices to residents in Inagua, Acklins, Crooked Island and Long Cay, Mayaguana and Ragged Island.
“The Bahamas Department of Meteorology has advised that Hurricane Melissa is forecast to begin affecting the Southeast Bahamas by early Tuesday morning with conditions deteriorating through Wednesday as the storm treks across the area,” Prime Minister Philip Davis said during a press conference on Monday.
