Irma hits Barbuda and St Martin, killing at least eight, continues to Florida.

[timmy]

Hurricane Irma howled past Puerto Rico with 185mph winds after reducing the tiny tropical islands of Barbuda and St Martin to rubble and claiming at least eight lives.
The category 5 storm - the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic - left a trail of deadly devastation through the Caribbean when it struck on Wednesday on a potential collision course with south Florida.

Barbuda and St Martin suffered the storm's full fury with roughly 95 per cent of properties destroyed on both islands. Officials said at least six people died on the French part of St Martin - a pristine resort known for its vibrant nightlife. The island, which is divided between the Netherlands and France, was left without drinking water or electricity, and the death toll is expected to rise.

[timmy]

Barbuda, part of the twin island nation of Antigua and Barbuda, also suffered 'absolute devastation' and is 'barely habitable' with more than 90 per cent of dwellings completely destroyed and one child killed.

[timmy]

'It is just a total devastation. Barbuda is literally rubble,' Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne told ABS TV Radio in Antigua.
He added that the island, which is home to 1,800 people, was left 'barely habitable'.

[timmy]

'The entire housing stock was damaged... Some have lost whole roofs. Some properties have been totally demolished,' he said. 
'We have estimated the rebuilding efforts to be no less than $150 million. That is conservative, because we're talking about rebuilding everything, all of the institutions, the infrastructure, the telecommunications, the roads... Even the hotels on the island, those are totally demolished, as well. It is terrible."

[timmy]

By early Sunday, Irma is expected to hit Florida, where Governor Rick Scott said he planned to activate 7,000 National Guard soldiers by Friday and warned that Irma is 'bigger, faster and stronger' than Hurricane Andrew.

[timmy]

US President Donald Trump declared a state of emergency in Puerto Rico as well as the US Virgin Islands and Florida where he said the outlook was 'not good.'

[timmy]

The orders were issued by Florida Governor Rick Scott on Wednesday for all of zone A and the zone B barrier islands in Miami-Dade County.

This is the first evacuation in 12 years and saw 100,000 residents of mobile homes, barrier islands and low-lying mainland areas ordered to leave the city starting 9am on Thursday.

[timmy]

Experts are worried that Irma could rake the entire Florida east coast from Miami to Jacksonville and then head into Savannah, Georgia, and the Carolinas, striking highly populated and developed areas.

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[Raithu_bidda_]

4 minutes ago, timmy said:

Experts are worried that Irma could rake the entire Florida east coast from Miami to Jacksonville and then head into Savannah, Georgia, and the Carolinas, striking highly populated and developed areas.

http://imgur.com/gallery/m4Jm5

Rey @tennisluvr underline chesko charlotte pakka desi galaki vundi le 

[perugu_vada]

Odemma 95-90% destructions ah  scratch nunchi build cheskovali ga papam vallu

[tennisluvr]

2 hours ago, Raithu_bidda_ said:

Rey @tennisluvr underline chesko charlotte pakka desi galaki vundi le 

Arey konda desi gallaki separate undedemundi ra yeddi sanjesh, andariki undede kada ra. 

Antha la desi gallante hatred unte poyi ekkadanna dooki savachu gaa nuvvu kooda desi yeddesh gaanive ga. @Raithu_bidda_

[dalapathi]

 

The famous airport on isla San Martin before and after the passage of Hurricane #Irma

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