Nearly every building on Barbuda was damaged when the hurricane's core crossed almost directly over the island early Wednesday and about 60 percent of its roughly 1,400 residents were left homeless, Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne told The Associated Press. To the east, authorities struggled to get aid to small Caribbean islands devastated by the storm's record 185 mph (298 kph) winds earlier Wednesday, while people in Florida rushed to get ready for a possible direct hit on the Miami area.Ĭommunications were difficult with areas hit by Irma, and information on damage trickled out. territory with heavy wind and rain while staying just out to sea, and it headed early Thursday toward the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Irma blacked out much of Puerto Rico, raking the U.S. "Most of the schools have been destroyed."įrench President Emmanuel Macron's office said he will go to the islands has soon as weather conditions permit. "It's a tragedy, we'll need to rebuild both islands," he said. "The reconnaissance will really start at daybreak," Collomb said.Īt a news conference, Collomb also said 100,000 food rations have been sent to the islands, the equivalent of four days of supplies. Speaking Thursday on French radio France Info, French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said the death toll in Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthelemy could be higher because rescue teams have yet to finish their inspection of the islands. At least eight people were killed and 23 injured in French Caribbean island territories, France's interior minister said.
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