<p class="title">The death toll from Hurricane Dorian has risen to 30 in the Bahamas, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis told American network CNN on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Authorities had previously reported 20 dead, but have warned that the final figure is sure to be far higher.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Minnis has said that the storm caused "generational devastation."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The United Nations said 70,000 people in the Bahamas were in "immediate need" of aid.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dorian, currently a Category 2 storm, was pounding the US states of North and South Carolina Thursday night with strong winds and driving rain, bringing dangerous storm surge.</p>
<p class="title">The death toll from Hurricane Dorian has risen to 30 in the Bahamas, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis told American network CNN on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Authorities had previously reported 20 dead, but have warned that the final figure is sure to be far higher.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Minnis has said that the storm caused "generational devastation."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The United Nations said 70,000 people in the Bahamas were in "immediate need" of aid.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dorian, currently a Category 2 storm, was pounding the US states of North and South Carolina Thursday night with strong winds and driving rain, bringing dangerous storm surge.</p>