as searchandrecovery crews comb through the hundreds of homes in the bahamas wrecked by hurricane dorian officials on the island nation released an alarming figure 1300 people have been registered by loved ones as unaccounted for the official death toll from the hurricane that ripped across the bahamas on sept 2 remains at 50 but authorities say they expect it to climb dramatically and warned many victims may have been washed out to sea and may never be recovered the individuals that havent been accounted for in the deadly storm have been registered on the bahamian governments missing persons registry carl smith a spokesman for the bahamian national emergency management agency said at a news conference on wednesday the aftermath of hurricane dorian is seen on the island of abaco in the bahamas sept 11 2019 sjoerd hilckmanndutch defense ministry via ap officials are hopeful that many of those registered as unaccounted for will eventually surface as survivors smith added on wednesday bahamian officials said 2500 people were listed on the registry but as officials began to check the list against government records of people staying in shelters or who have been evacuated they dramatically reduced the list by 1200 names more tourism industry celebrities offer aid after hurricane dorian pummels the bahamas photos hurricane dorians destruction 1 of 38 a childs bicycle is seen in a destroyed neighborhood in the read more loren elliottreuters he said the whereabouts of some survivors remains unknown because the power and communication infrastructure in the hardhit abaco islands including a power station at marsh harbour that was completely destroyed has been obliterated dorian slammed the bahamas as a monster category 5 hurricane tying the record for the strongest atlantic hurricane ever to make landfall more we have to be very careful trump warns of gangs entering us from bahamas the hurricane left about 76000 people homeless and in need of assistance in the abaco islands and grand bahama island where entire neighborhoods were leveled by the storms 183 mph winds according to the united nations destroyed boats are pushed up against the pier in the aftermath of hurricane dorian in treasure cay on abaco island bahamas sept 11 2019 andrew caballeroreynoldsafpgetty images food clean water shelter health and sanitation services are in critical need in the aftermath of the hurricane officials said businesses and celebrities are making commitments to assist the bahamas and organizations are asking the public to help with the relief efforts reigning masters golf champion tiger woods and singer justin timberlake are the latest celebrities to join the relief effort woods tweeted on thursday that he and timberlake are partnering with pro golfer ernie eles the international hospitality real estate development company nexus luxury collection and the luxury resort community the albany bahamas to establish the one bahamas fund with 6 million and challenged others to donate and help reach a goal of 12 million nba legend michael jordan pledged 1 million to help islanders recover from