The category five hurricane has ripped through the Caribbean, leaving flattened landscapes, flash floods and loss of life
Barbuda, the first island to feel the force of Hurricane Irma was devastated by its high winds, with Gaston Browne, prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, saying 90% of buildings had been destroyed and 50% of the population of about 1,000 people left homeless.
The devastation is not like we’ve ever seen before – we’re talking about the whole country … of Barbuda being significantly destroyed.
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I have sick people to evacuate, I have a population to evacuate because I don’t know where I can shelter them.
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