MARSH HARBOUR (Bahamas), Sept 7 — The death toll from Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas has risen to 43, media outlets said yesterday, and was expected to grow "significantly.”

US network CNN and Bahamas newspaper The Tribune cited Health Minister Duane Sands as confirming the new toll, up from 30.

"Forty-three is the official count, many missing and this number is expected to grow significantly,” Erica Wells Cox, a spokeswoman for Prime Minister Hubert Minnis, told NBC News. — AFP