Hurricane Dorian death toll continues to rise as storm regains Category 2 strength and heads towards Canada

The official death toll from Hurricane Dorian has risen to 43 and is likely to keep rising amid fears that a ”staggering” number of people have died in the storm-ravaged Bahamas.The country's leaders believe hundreds and perhaps thousands of people are missing in the archipelago nation after Dorian, the most powerful hurricane on record to hit the Bahamas, parked itself over part of the archipelago for almost two days earlier this week, pummelling it with Category 5 winds, with some gusts topping 200mph.