Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Hurricane Irma: Barbuda Update: 90% of Buildings Destroyed—UPDATED

Following up on this morning's "Hurricane Irma: After Hours of Radio Silence Antigua and Barbuda Have Been Heard From", I'm thinking the Prime Minister was not being truthful in his earlier statement.
Here's the latest:
Be careful with that death toll, no one actually knows right now. This could be very bad.

Update - CNN is now saying:
Nearly 90% of Barbuda destroyed, official says
Prime Minister Gaston Browne “was one of the first on the ground” after Irma hit Barbuda and that he saw “a lot of destruction, upwards of 90%," according to Charles Fernandez, Antigua and Barbuda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, speaking to broadcaster ABS Television and Radio.

Fernandez also said Antigua will be the “jumping off point” for relief efforts in the area, including the British Virgin Islands.