Irma Causes Losses To The Famous

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

The fury that Hurricane Irma has unloaded throughout its passage through the Caribbean and Florida has left a trail of destruction from which not even celebrities have been saved, who have seen how their businesses and properties have not been able to resist the attacks of the powerful cyclone.

One of those who seems to have suffered a greater loss is the actor Robert De Niro, who owns with the Australian millionaire James Packer - the former of Mariah Carey - a luxurious resort on the island of Barbuda, which has been literally devastated.

It is not clear at the moment the magnitude of the damage that has been registered in the Paradise Nobu Resort, which the actor and his partner acquired last year, but it is presumed that they must be extensive if it is taken into account that the authorities of the small Caribbean island estimates that 95 percent of the properties have been affected by winds of up to 180 miles that hit it.

"We are deeply saddened by the devastation caused by Hurricane Irma in Barbuda and look forward to collaborating with the Paradise Nobu Resort team, the Barbuda Council, GOAB and the entire Barbuda community in successfully rebuilding what nature has taken from us," The Taxi Driver protagonist said, according to the Dateline website.

Forbes magazine reported last year that the 251-acre property was in the midst of an extensive renovation that included the creation of a casino, museum, and animal sanctuary, which would join the marina and airport it owns. the complex.

Who also has not escaped Irma's fury was the property of British billionaire Richard Branson in the British Virgin Islands, another of the small Caribbean territories in which almost nothing remains standing.

The owner of the Virgin companies has shared images on the networks of how his beautiful residence has been on Necker Island, which he owns and where he had invited the Obamas after the former president left the White House in the past January.

"Many of the buildings and vegetation in Necker have been destroyed or heavily damaged," Branson said, along with a video he posted on Instagram. "But the story of Hurricane Irma in the British Virgin Islands is not that of Necker, it is that of the tens of thousands of people who have lost their homes and livelihoods."

Also the in- laws of Pippa Middleton are today doing a recount of the damages to their luxurious Eden Rock resort on the island of St. Barts, which is considered one of the best in the Caribbean.

Jane and David Mathews, the parents-in-law of Kate Middleton's sister, acquired the establishment in a privileged area of that territory of French sovereignty in 1995.

"Hurricane Irma has caused significant damage on the island of St. Barts. Fortunately the Eden Rock staff is safe,”said a hotel spokesperson. "We have a very strong team in place, which has already started the repair process."

Very little is known about the luxurious property of President Donald Trump on the island of St. Martin, where the damage is also massive and desperate people have assaulted businesses looking for food and water.

Other celebrities who have properties along Irma's trajectory in the Caribbean are, among others, Oprah Winfrey, who has a house on the island of Antigua; and actor Johnny Depp, who has his own island in the Bahamas. For now, the extent of the damage they may have suffered is not known.