![]() ![]() He said roads and telecommunications systems were wrecked and recovery will take months, if not years. About 60 percent of its roughly 1,400 residents were left homeless, Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne said. On Barbuda, nearly every building was damaged when the hurricane's core crossed almost directly over the island early Wednesday. In Anguilla, officials reported extensive damage to the airport, hospitals, shelters and schools and said 90 percent of roads were impassable. The aircraft were carrying 100 extra troops to deliver aid, repair infrastructure and restore order.īritain was sending hundreds of troops and the Royal Navy flagship HMS Ocean to Anguilla, Montserrat and the British Virgin Islands. Martin to deliver food and water intended to last the population of 40,000 five days. ![]() And two Dutch military aircraft were being sent the island of Curacao and on to St. Saying he was "grief-stricken," Macron called for concerted efforts to tackle global warming to prevent similar natural disasters. history.įrench President Emmanuel Macron's office said he would go to the islands as soon as the weather permits it. ![]() Rick Scott said.īrian McNoldy, a hurricane researcher at the University of Miami, said Irma could easily prove to be the costliest storm in U.S. Regardless of which coast you live on, be prepared to evacuate," Gov. "It is wider than our entire state and could cause major and life-threatening impacts from coast to coast. With gasoline running out and tensions rising, the Florida Highway Patrol escorted tanker trucks sent to replenish gas stations. People in Florida rushed to board up their homes, take their boats out of the water and gas up their cars. Irma, the most potent Atlantic Ocean hurricane ever recorded, appeared increasingly likely to rip into heavily populated South Florida on Sunday afternoon after threatening parts of the Turks and Caicos and the Bahamas on Thursday night and Friday and sweeping along Cuba's northern coast on Saturday. Thomas that also covered about 5,000 tourists who were unable to leave before the storm.įarther out in the Atlantic, Hurricane Jose strengthened into a Category 3 storm with 120 mph (195 kph) winds and posed a potential threat for Saturday to some of the same islands ravaged by Irma. Two fire stations, two fire police stations and the hospital on St. The territory's two islands were battered by 150 mph (241 kph) winds for four hours. "An event of this magnitude is very chilling." The primary focus for now is "making sure people have meals, water and shelter," Mapp said. military was sending troops to aid relief efforts. Houses are under water, cars are floating through the streets, inhabitants are sitting in the dark in ruined houses and are cut off from the outside world," he said. "There is no power, no gasoline, no running water. Officials warned that could change as Irma continued to lash Haiti, where deforested hillsides are prone to devastating mudslides that have wiped out entire neighborhoods of precariously built homes in flood zones.ĭutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said the storm "caused wide-scale destruction of infrastructure, houses and businesses." In Haiti, two people were injured by a falling tree, a national roadway was blocked by debris and roofs were torn from houses along the northern coast but there were no immediate reports of deaths. Officials said 11,200 people in all had evacuated vulnerable areas, while 55,000 soldiers had been deployed to help the cleanup. The hurricane was still north of the Dominican Republic and Haiti on Thursday evening, sweeping the neighboring nations on Hispaniola island with high winds and rain while battering the Turks and Caico islands on its other side.īig waves smashed a dozen homes into rubble in the Dominican fishing community of Nagua, but work crews said all the residents had left before the storm. Air Force Reserve weather officer who flew through the eye of Irma at 10,000 feet. "Take it seriously, because this is the real deal," said Maj. More than a half-million people in Miami-Dade County were ordered to leave as Irma closed in with winds of 175 mph (281 kph). ![]()
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