Powerful Hurricane Irma killed at least 10 people and left a path of destruction in the eastern Caribbean Islands on Thursday.
The Category 5 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 185 mph, destroyed the islands' homes and buildings and left millions without electricity.
The death toll, which was likely to rise, was eight in St. Martin and St. Barthelemy, one in Anguilla and one, a child, in Barbuda.
Gaston Browne, the prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, said the island of 1,600 people was "barely habitable" with about 95 percent of the structures damaged and communication cut off Wednesday.
From Antigua, he told the BBC it would cost $100 million to rebuild Barbuda.
Browne said Antigua, with a population of around 80,000 people, escaped major damage but airplanes are unable to land on the island.
[upi.com]
7/9/17
The Category 5 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 185 mph, destroyed the islands' homes and buildings and left millions without electricity.
The death toll, which was likely to rise, was eight in St. Martin and St. Barthelemy, one in Anguilla and one, a child, in Barbuda.
Gaston Browne, the prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, said the island of 1,600 people was "barely habitable" with about 95 percent of the structures damaged and communication cut off Wednesday.
From Antigua, he told the BBC it would cost $100 million to rebuild Barbuda.
Browne said Antigua, with a population of around 80,000 people, escaped major damage but airplanes are unable to land on the island.
[upi.com]
7/9/17
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