SAN ANTONIO -- Hurricane Dorian wiped out hundreds of homes and businesses on the Bahamian island of Abaco on September 1.

• Collected 200 pounds of non-perishable items
• Operating nonprofit clinic as shelter
• Islands expect more rain

A recently retired San Antonian radiologist planned to move to the island, but because of the hurricane, has lost his retirement home. Now, he and his wife are making a quick change of plans to help the community--Treasure Cay--he hoped to call home.

"They need our help," said Dr. Robert Daehler. "There was such a storm surge like up to 20 feet in our area that it just washed over the houses and threw the houses."

In just one day, Daehler and his wife collected about 200 pounds of non-perishable foods and other supplies to bring to the Bahamas. Daehler says he will be chartering two planes from Florida on Thursday to get the goods and supplies over.

"Last night we got a call. There's several towns that have no water, they ran out of their supplies," said Daehler.

While the storm has passed, the community is devastated. It will take years to rebuild.

"People of the Bahamas are very kind and welcoming and need a lot of help so, we're doing what we can do," said Daehler. "We're trying to get other people to realize that their government really doesn't step up as much as our government does in these types of situations."

Daehler is also the governing president of a local nonprofit clinic in Treasure Cay, Corbett Medical Centre. Thankfully, the building withstood the category 5 wind and rain, so now it's operating as an emergency medical center by day, and a homeless shelter by night.

As Daehler makes his way back to the community he's been visiting for the past 10 years, forecasters expect more rain to soak the area. Meanwhile, power has yet to be restored and bodies are beginning to rot due to sun exposure.