Violence Erupts on Desperate Caribbean Islands: ‘All the Food Is Gone’
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Violence Erupts on Desperate Caribbean Islands: ‘All the Food Is Gone’
Dutch said that Some people steal luxury things and booze, but a lot of people are stealing water and biscuits.
On Sunday, officials announced that two more bodies had been discovered on the Dutch side of St. Martin,
increasing the death toll in the Caribbean attributable to Hurricane Irma to at least 27.
Two residents from St. Martin island’s two nations, the French St. Martin and the Dutch St. Maarten, describe Irma’s destruction.
About 75,000 people, most of them British nationals, live on the Caribbean territories of Anguilla, Turks
and Caicos, and the British Virgin Islands — each of which suffered substantial damage from Hurricane Irma.
The French National Gendarmerie, whose troops are in St. Martin
and St. Barthélemy, another French overseas territory ravaged by the hurricane, announced on Twitter on Sunday that it had made 23 arrests.
In Britain, lawmakers from both the governing Conservative party, as well as the Labour opposition, have accused the government of failing
to take adequate precautions to protect the residents of three British territories lying in the path of Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Jose.
Since Friday, Britain has also sent two transport planes carrying almost 20 tons of emergency supplies
to its Caribbean territories, as well as 250 marines and two extra military helicopters.
10, 2017
MARIGOT, St. Martin — At dawn, people began to gather, quietly planning for survival after Hurricane Irma.
Dutch said that Some people steal luxury things and booze, but a lot of people are stealing water and biscuits.
On Sunday, officials announced that two more bodies had been discovered on the Dutch side of St. Martin,
increasing the death toll in the Caribbean attributable to Hurricane Irma to at least 27.
Two residents from St. Martin island’s two nations, the French St. Martin and the Dutch St. Maarten, describe Irma’s destruction.
About 75,000 people, most of them British nationals, live on the Caribbean territories of Anguilla, Turks
and Caicos, and the British Virgin Islands — each of which suffered substantial damage from Hurricane Irma.
The French National Gendarmerie, whose troops are in St. Martin
and St. Barthélemy, another French overseas territory ravaged by the hurricane, announced on Twitter on Sunday that it had made 23 arrests.
In Britain, lawmakers from both the governing Conservative party, as well as the Labour opposition, have accused the government of failing
to take adequate precautions to protect the residents of three British territories lying in the path of Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Jose.
Since Friday, Britain has also sent two transport planes carrying almost 20 tons of emergency supplies
to its Caribbean territories, as well as 250 marines and two extra military helicopters.
10, 2017
MARIGOT, St. Martin — At dawn, people began to gather, quietly planning for survival after Hurricane Irma.