Hurricane Irma has left Barbuda and Antigua devastated. Prime Minister Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda revealed to ABS TV/Radio Antigua that “Barbuda is literally rubble.”
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In what is being described as a ‘storm for the ages’, or Donald Trump’s grande distraction, Hurricane Irma burnt through the island of Barbuda today, leveling most of the country. According to its Prime Minister, 95% of the buildings in the country have been damaged or destroyed. The damage was so extensive and ‘unprecedented’, he said the island is now ‘barely habitable.’
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“Barbuda is literally rubble,” Prime Minister Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda told an interviewer with ABS TV/Radio Antigua.
“The entire housing stock was damaged,” Browne said after visiting the island. “It is just a total devastation.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEnkMMkt0Ks
Hurricane Irma is listed as a level 4 hurricane with wind speeds up to 185 miles per hour. Irma is moving toward the west-northwest at 26 km/hour.
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This is the strongest hurricane ever recorded.
Hurricane Irma is a category 5 super storm.
The video coming from the Barbuda and the US Virgin Islands is absolutely terrifying!
Saint Martin, US Virgin Islands.
#Irma is wrecking Saint Martin…
Puerto Rico is next and Florida still to come.pic.twitter.com/goDjQ4lD6D #njmorningshow @B911Nature
— Kurt Siegelin (@kurtsiegelin) September 6, 2017
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More St. Martin.
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Irma looks absolutely horrifying!
Video shows the effects of Hurricane #Irma in Anguilla. Read the latest on the story here: https://t.co/N3RUB31giX pic.twitter.com/Odfzj5qFFG
— Sky News (@SkyNews) September 6, 2017