Dead After Hurricane Irma

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

Hurricane Irma, registered as category 5, caused unprecedented destruction, devastation and left at least 11 dead as it passed through various Caribbean islands.

The New York Times reported that the death toll recorded in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma could increase as communications are fully restored on the affected islands. Barbuda, Saint Martin, Saint Bartholomew, Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands were territories directly touched by the hurricane, the newspaper reports. Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands received the hurricane force winds, but the eye of the hurricane did not touch them.

One of the islands that suffered the most devastation was Barbuda, which was hit by winds of 180 miles per hour. Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda explained to the New York Times that 95 percent of Barbuda's buildings are destroyed. In other words, the territory is "almost uninhabitable". It should be noted that this leaves 50 percent of the population homeless, Browne told the newspaper.

Of the affected places, San Martín Island suffered the greatest amount of loss of human life. Eight were the dead and 21 the wounded registered by the authorities and aid organizations for the victims of the violent hurricane, El Nuevo Herald published.

In the case of Puerto Rico, although 70 percent of the population is without electricity and 50,000 subscribers do not have water, Governor Ricardo Roselló said that God heard the prayers of the people. To date, no loss of human life has been reported on the Island.

Hurricane Irma was on its way Thursday to the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba and is expected to arrive in Florida over the weekend.