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Kind-hearted jet skiers in the Bahamas rescued around 100 people trapped in their homes during the devastating flooding caused by Hurricane Dorian this week.

A search for victims and survivors is ongoing five days after Dorian hit the Bahamas with 185 mph winds that obliterated homes.

As rescue efforts continue, Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources Michael Pintard has told of he was forced to make urgent calls for help while trapped with his family in their home.

While stuck with his wife and six-year-old daughter on the second floor, Mr Pintard told CNN how three men riding jet skis pulled up outside to rescue them.

"They did a phenomenal job, not just with us. What we saw when we came out is that they continued to go back in and over and over again," Mr Pintard told CNN.

“We thought it would pretty much be a routine ride out, but the waves were still pretty strong, and the wind was fairly high.

"We capsized, my wife and I, at least twice. My daughter capsized on a jet ski as well.”

The broadcaster reports that Jensen Burrows and d’Sean Smith, who are both part of the GB Jet Ski Club, rode out to help people trapped alongside navigator

The jet skiers said they rescued about 100 people on Tuesday, ferrying them to the Casuarina Bridge. The pair were joined by dozens of others who also helped in their rescue mission.

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Nick Hague @AstroHague 7/76 Shelves are emptied seen as people buy supplies at a Walmart in Fort Lauderdale AFP/Getty Images 8/76 Empty shelves are seen as people buy supplies at a Walmart in Fort Lauderdale AFP/Getty Images 9/76 Passengers wait to talk to counter officals at Delta airlines at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale AFP/Getty Images 10/76 The Humane Society of the Treasure Coast boards animals, who's owner's are under evacuation and are unable to bring them along with them, are pictured in cages in Fort Pierce AFP/Getty Images 11/76 Leonard Baker, left, looks on as his dog Chick is loaded on a bus as they and other locals board buses at Lanier Plaza to leave the area AP 12/76 Gloria Van Cleave embraces her cat Midnight as hundreds of local residents board buses at Lanier Plaza to leave the area under mandatory evacuation AP 13/76 REUTERS 14/76 A woman walks in a flooded street after the effects of Hurricane Doria REUTERS 15/76 A woman seeks cover from wind, blowing sand and rain whipped up by Hurricane Dorian Getty Images 16/76 A woman takes a picture as the effects of Hurricane Dorian Getty Images 17/76 Glynn County school resource officer Mark Hooper, left, and school support staff member Sheree Armstrong, right, help Elizabeth Scales board a special needs bus at Lanier Plaza as hundreds of local residents evacuate the area AP 18/76 Residents hang on to the railing as a wave generated by Hurricane Dorian crashes into the jetty AP 19/76 Strong winds move the palms of the palm trees at the first moment of the arrival of Hurricane Dorian in Freeport, Grand Bahama AP 20/76 Sea conditions are seen in Marsh Harbour MARK HALL/ CHRISTOPHER HALL 21/76 Uprooted trees, fallen power lines and debris scatter on a road as Hurricane Dorian sweeps through Marsh Harbou RAMOND A KING via REUTERS 22/76 Uprooted trees, fallen power lines and the debris from damaged houses scatter on a road RAMOND A KING via REUTERS 23/76 Satellite image obtained from NOAA/RAMMB, shows Tropical Storm Dorian as it approaches the Bahamas AFP/Getty Images 24/76 Boats are tied up in preparation for the approach of Hurricane Dorian AFP/Getty Images 25/76 The track of Hurricane Dorian and Tropical Storm EPA 26/76 An evacuee lies on a cot at an evacuation shelter for people with special needs AP 27/76 A man enters a boarded up grocery store in Cocoa Beach AFP/Getty Images 28/76 Members of Martin County Fire and Rescue assist evacuees as they arrive at an evacuation shelter for people with special needs AP 29/76 Langdon Bryant (R) and Marcus McClain (C) prepare to hang plywood over a window as they protect their home just in case Hurricane Dorian Getty Images 30/76 Marcus McClain (L) and Langdon Bryant secure plywood over a window as they protect the home just in case Hurricane Dorian hits the area Getty Images 31/76 Riverside Mobile Home Park residents Joe Lewis (L) and Rob Chambers work to secure Joe's air conditioner before leaving the park AFP/Getty Images 32/76 The beach is viewed during the approach of Hurricane Dorian AFP/Getty Images 33/76 Tree branches are seen in the road during the approach of Hurricane Dorian AFP/Getty Images 34/76 Workers place shutters over the windows of a Food Mart store Getty Images 35/76 People stand outside a shelter at Dr. Mary McLeod Buthune Elementary School while there are a mandatory evacuation orders for parts of Palm Beach County AFP/Getty Images 36/76 Torrie Bryant, 5, Langdon Bryant and Marcus McClain hang plywood over window as they prepare to protect their home just in case Hurricane Dorian Getty Images 37/76 A beachgoer runs under the rain at the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk on Saturday. AP 38/76 An image taken with a drown shows people fishing off a pier in high surf in Sebastian Inlet State Park in Melbourne Beach, EPA 39/76 Radar from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA-42 WP-3D Orion aircraft shows the eye of Hurricane Dorian. NOAA via REUTERS 40/76 A man constructs storm shutters before the arrival of Hurricane Dorian on the Great Abaco island town of Marsh Harbour, Bahamas. REUTERS 41/76 Landscapers work to remove dead branches, coconuts and any other objects that have the potential to become debris as they prepare for Hurricane Dorian in Palm Beach, Florida. AFP/Getty Images 42/76 Sandbags are placed at a business in Hollywood Beach, Florid. AFP/Getty Images 43/76 Hurricane Dorian, a powerful Category four storm that was expected to strike the state, is now expected to pass to the east of Florida and hit Georiga and the Carolinas. AP 44/76 Hubert Minnis, Prime Minister of the Bahamas, speaks to the press in Nassau. - Minnis urged residents of the Atlantic Ocean archipelago in the path of Hurricane Dorian to seek safety. "The price you may pay for not evacuating is your life or other serious physical harm," Minnis said. AFP/Getty Images 45/76 Shoppers walk out a Walmart store ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Dorian in Titusville, Florida. REUTERS 46/76 Stores with boarded up windows are seen ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Dorian in Cocoa Beach, Florida. REUTERS 47/76 People prepare sand bags ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Dorian in Titusville, Florida. REUTERS 48/76 People prepare sand bags ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Dorian in Titusville. REUTERS 49/76 An employee at a rest stop in Vero Beach, Florida watches the news tracking Hurricane in the rest stops game room. AFP/Getty Images 50/76 Locals and tourists enjoy the beach before the arrival of Hurricane Dorian in St. Augustine REUTERS 51/76 Eye of Hurricane Dorian is seen from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA WP-3D Orion aircraft during a reconnaissance mission. NOAA via REUTERS 52/76 A message that reads 'Hurricane Dorian, Nope!' written on The Surfing Turtle Ice Cream Shoppe marquee in Sebastian Inlet State Park in Satellite Beach, Florida. EPA 53/76 Locals and tourist watch updates on the Weather Channel in a local bar before the arrival of Hurricane Dorian in St. Augustine, Florida. REUTERS 54/76 Rain clouds move toward shore as as Hurricane Dorian churns off the coast near Fort Pierce, Florida. Dorian. 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Hurricane Dorian Getty Images 5/76 The ruins of homes is seen on September 6, 2019 in Elbow Key Island, Bahamas Getty Images 6/76 The eye of #HurricaneDorain. You can feel the power of the storm when you stare into its eye from above. Stay safe everyone! Nick Hague @AstroHague 7/76 Shelves are emptied seen as people buy supplies at a Walmart in Fort Lauderdale AFP/Getty Images 8/76 Empty shelves are seen as people buy supplies at a Walmart in Fort Lauderdale AFP/Getty Images 9/76 Passengers wait to talk to counter officals at Delta airlines at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale AFP/Getty Images 10/76 The Humane Society of the Treasure Coast boards animals, who's owner's are under evacuation and are unable to bring them along with them, are pictured in cages in Fort Pierce AFP/Getty Images 11/76 Leonard Baker, left, looks on as his dog Chick is loaded on a bus as they and other locals board buses at Lanier Plaza to leave the area AP 12/76 Gloria Van Cleave embraces her cat Midnight as hundreds of local residents board buses at Lanier Plaza to leave the area under mandatory evacuation AP 13/76 REUTERS 14/76 A woman walks in a flooded street after the effects of Hurricane Doria REUTERS 15/76 A woman seeks cover from wind, blowing sand and rain whipped up by Hurricane Dorian Getty Images 16/76 A woman takes a picture as the effects of Hurricane Dorian Getty Images 17/76 Glynn County school resource officer Mark Hooper, left, and school support staff member Sheree Armstrong, right, help Elizabeth Scales board a special needs bus at Lanier Plaza as hundreds of local residents evacuate the area AP 18/76 Residents hang on to the railing as a wave generated by Hurricane Dorian crashes into the jetty AP 19/76 Strong winds move the palms of the palm trees at the first moment of the arrival of Hurricane Dorian in Freeport, Grand Bahama AP 20/76 Sea conditions are seen in Marsh Harbour MARK HALL/ CHRISTOPHER HALL 21/76 Uprooted trees, fallen power lines and debris scatter on a road as Hurricane Dorian sweeps through Marsh Harbou RAMOND A KING via REUTERS 22/76 Uprooted trees, fallen power lines and the debris from damaged houses scatter on a road RAMOND A KING via REUTERS 23/76 Satellite image obtained from NOAA/RAMMB, shows Tropical Storm Dorian as it approaches the Bahamas AFP/Getty Images 24/76 Boats are tied up in preparation for the approach of Hurricane Dorian AFP/Getty Images 25/76 The track of Hurricane Dorian and Tropical Storm EPA 26/76 An evacuee lies on a cot at an evacuation shelter for people with special needs AP 27/76 A man enters a boarded up grocery store in Cocoa Beach AFP/Getty Images 28/76 Members of Martin County Fire and Rescue assist evacuees as they arrive at an evacuation shelter for people with special needs AP 29/76 Langdon Bryant (R) and Marcus McClain (C) prepare to hang plywood over a window as they protect their home just in case Hurricane Dorian Getty Images 30/76 Marcus McClain (L) and Langdon Bryant secure plywood over a window as they protect the home just in case Hurricane Dorian hits the area Getty Images 31/76 Riverside Mobile Home Park residents Joe Lewis (L) and Rob Chambers work to secure Joe's air conditioner before leaving the park AFP/Getty Images 32/76 The beach is viewed during the approach of Hurricane Dorian AFP/Getty Images 33/76 Tree branches are seen in the road during the approach of Hurricane Dorian AFP/Getty Images 34/76 Workers place shutters over the windows of a Food Mart store Getty Images 35/76 People stand outside a shelter at Dr. Mary McLeod Buthune Elementary School while there are a mandatory evacuation orders for parts of Palm Beach County AFP/Getty Images 36/76 Torrie Bryant, 5, Langdon Bryant and Marcus McClain hang plywood over window as they prepare to protect their home just in case Hurricane Dorian Getty Images 37/76 A beachgoer runs under the rain at the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk on Saturday. AP 38/76 An image taken with a drown shows people fishing off a pier in high surf in Sebastian Inlet State Park in Melbourne Beach, EPA 39/76 Radar from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA-42 WP-3D Orion aircraft shows the eye of Hurricane Dorian. NOAA via REUTERS 40/76 A man constructs storm shutters before the arrival of Hurricane Dorian on the Great Abaco island town of Marsh Harbour, Bahamas. REUTERS 41/76 Landscapers work to remove dead branches, coconuts and any other objects that have the potential to become debris as they prepare for Hurricane Dorian in Palm Beach, Florida. AFP/Getty Images 42/76 Sandbags are placed at a business in Hollywood Beach, Florid. AFP/Getty Images 43/76 Hurricane Dorian, a powerful Category four storm that was expected to strike the state, is now expected to pass to the east of Florida and hit Georiga and the Carolinas. AP 44/76 Hubert Minnis, Prime Minister of the Bahamas, speaks to the press in Nassau. - Minnis urged residents of the Atlantic Ocean archipelago in the path of Hurricane Dorian to seek safety. "The price you may pay for not evacuating is your life or other serious physical harm," Minnis said. AFP/Getty Images 45/76 Shoppers walk out a Walmart store ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Dorian in Titusville, Florida. REUTERS 46/76 Stores with boarded up windows are seen ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Dorian in Cocoa Beach, Florida. REUTERS 47/76 People prepare sand bags ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Dorian in Titusville, Florida. REUTERS 48/76 People prepare sand bags ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Dorian in Titusville. REUTERS 49/76 An employee at a rest stop in Vero Beach, Florida watches the news tracking Hurricane in the rest stops game room. AFP/Getty Images 50/76 Locals and tourists enjoy the beach before the arrival of Hurricane Dorian in St. Augustine REUTERS 51/76 Eye of Hurricane Dorian is seen from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA WP-3D Orion aircraft during a reconnaissance mission. NOAA via REUTERS 52/76 A message that reads 'Hurricane Dorian, Nope!' written on The Surfing Turtle Ice Cream Shoppe marquee in Sebastian Inlet State Park in Satellite Beach, Florida. EPA 53/76 Locals and tourist watch updates on the Weather Channel in a local bar before the arrival of Hurricane Dorian in St. Augustine, Florida. REUTERS 54/76 Rain clouds move toward shore as as Hurricane Dorian churns off the coast near Fort Pierce, Florida. Dorian. 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Mr Smith told CNN: “The wind was pelting you, so it felt like rocks being pelted at you. I had his daughter and my friend, and the jet ski tipped over.

"Jensen had the minister and his wife and Jensen also flipped over. He insisted we take the daughter and wife to safety first, so we did and came back for him."

It comes as hundreds of desperate storm victims gathered at the port in Grand Abaco in the Bahamas on Friday, hoping to get off the hurricane-devastated island, amid signs of rising frustration over the pace of the disaster-relief effort.

"It's chaos here," said Gee Rolle, a 44-year-old construction worker who waited with his wife for a boat that could take them to the capital, Nassau.

"The government is trying their best, but at the same time, I don't think they're doing a good enough job to evacuate the people. It ain't liveable for nobody. Only animals can live here."

The Bahamian health ministry said helicopters and boats were on the way, but officials warned of delays because of severe flooding.