The death toll in the Bahamas following Hurricane Dorian has risen to 44 but residents on the devastated island of Abaco say they expect that to rise.

Hundreds of people have been left homeless with towns completely destroyed. Aid efforts have ramped up as evacuations off the island continue.

Nobody knows how many people lived in Mudd and Pigeon Peas but Sky News has learnt that many of them had ignored orders to evacuate.

Sky correspondent Stuart Ramsay is in the Bahamas and sent this report.

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