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NBA legend Michael Jordan pledged $1 million to help islanders recover from the hurricane.

\"I am devastated to see the destruction that Hurricane Dorian has brought to the Bahamas, where I own property and visit frequently,\" Jordan said in a statement posted on Twitter on Wednesday by his manager, Estee Portnoy. \"My heart goes out to everyone who is suffering and to those who have lost loved ones.\"

Statement From Michael Jordan pic.twitter.com/JIcPGE8y2C

— Estee Portnoy (@esteep) September 10, 2019

Other celebrities and entrepreneurs such as Rihanna, who hails from the Caribbean island nation of Barbados, and Richard Branson, who owns a home in the Bahamas, have also pledged to help in the recovery.

Relief organizations, including the Red Cross and Mercy Crops, have sent teams and supplies to the Bahamas.

You are in our prayers and @ClaraLionelFdn is already figuring out how best we can help! #HurricaneDorain #Bahamas

— Rihanna (@rihanna) September 2, 2019

\"Over the past several days, I’ve seen firsthand the devastation Dorian has caused on Abaco Islands and Grand Bahama, the two most affected areas. Roads, airports and houses are destroyed and thousands of people have been left without power and with few possessions,\" Christy Delafield, spokesperson for Mercy Corps, told ABC News.

Delafield said Mercy Corps has been distributing solar lanterns equipped with USB chargers, mosquito nets, tarps and other emergency supplies to survivors, many who lost their homes and all their belongings in the hurricane.

Also helping is 19-year-old pilot Andi Million of Naples, Florida, who along with her flight instructor at the Career Flight Training and Aircraft Rental, flew a plane full of pet supplies and other emergency items to the Abaco Islands on Tuesday.

\"It’s hard not to be overwhelmed by the desire to help more and give absolutely everything you have on you at that time,\" Million wrote in a Facebook post on Wednesday.

Smith said that more than 5,500 people have been evacuated from the Abaco Island and Grand Bahama to New Providence, the most populated Bahamian island, which includes the capital Nassau. He said several thousand people have also been evacuated to the United States.

ABC News' Samara Lynn contributed to this report.

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