(CNN) Some Hurricane Dorian survivors evacuated to the United States from the Bahamas are arriving with little more than their harrowing stories of the storm, the devastation of its aftermath, and the desperation of those left behind.

Natasha Harvey, from Freeport on Grand Bahama, landed in Florida on Saturday aboard the cruise ship Grand Celebration. Shock and sadness are still evident in her face two days later.

She breaks down crying often when she speaks of the ordeal, and of her daughter, her 12 brothers and sisters and other relatives left behind.

"People need help right now. People need to get out now," she told CNN, sobbing when she adds that she had to leave her family behind.

"A lot of people lost their lives. No shelter. They are fighting for water to bathe. Water to drink. Food," she said of the island she just left. "Everything was damage(d)."

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