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From:TheBahamasWeekly.com New Providence
U.S. Embassy Nassau’s communications are also restored. For emergencies involving U.S. citizens in The Bahamas, please contact the U.S. Embassy in The Bahamas, located at 42 Queen Street (across from the British Colonial Hilton Hotel), Nassau; telephone: 242-322-1181, e-mail: ACSNASSAU@state.gov. For further information: • See the State Department’s travel website for the Worldwide Caution, Travel Warnings, Travel Alerts, and Bahamas Specific Information. • Enroll
in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) to receive security
messages and make it easier to locate you in an emergency. •
Contact the U.S. Embassy in The Bahamas, located at 42 Queen Street
(across from the British Colonial Hilton Hotel), Nassau; telephone:
242-322-1181; after hours emergency telephone: 242-357-7004; ACS unit
fax: 242-356-7174; e-mail: ACSNASSAU@state.gov ; web page: http://nassau.usembassy.gov. The Turks & Caicos Consular Agency is located at 2 Venture Ct., Grace Bay Suite 102E, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos. The Consular Agent is LeShelle Tull-Thomas (649-232-5713, TullThomasLS@state.gov). • Call 1-888-407-4747 toll-free in the United States and Canada or 1-202-501-4444 from other countries from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. federal holidays).
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Nassau, Bahamas, October 9, 2016 -- The Embassy advises U.S. citizens in New Providence to avoid traveling
after dark due to downed power lines and pedestrians using streets.
Avoid routes around crowded gas stations unless necessary due to
congestion and reports of occasional tensions due to sometimes long
lines.