Marsh Harbour, Sep 7: The death toll from Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas has risen to 43, media outlets said late Friday, and was expected to grow "significantly." US network CNN and Bahamas newspaper The Tribune cited Health Minister Duane Sands as confirming the new toll, up from 30.

"Forty-three is the official count, many missing and this number is expected to grow significantly," Erica Wells Cox, a spokeswoman for Prime Minister Hubert Minnis, told NBC News.

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Chamarajanagar: In a tragic incident, a 7-year-old boy died after accidentally falling into a tractor rotavator at a farm near Devarasanahalli in Nanjangud taluk of Mysuru district.

The deceased boy has been identified as Bhavish (7), son of Karthik, a resident of Kagalawadi village. Bhavish had gone to his grandmother's house in Devarasanahalli for the summer vacation. While sitting with the tractor driver, he accidentally fell off as the driver was plowing his grandmother's agricultural land. However, by the time the driver noticed, Bhavish had fallen into the rotovator and died.