HURRICANE Irma is tearing through the Caribbean with the full force of a category 5 hurricane. Here are the latest images of the “major damage” caused by Hurricane Irma.
Michel Magras, senator of St Barts, said: “I am shocked by the monster that covers us, the island is devastated, it is apocalyptic, a lot of damage, many roofs destroyed.
“We are currently living the second part of the hurricane.”
Local Rudy Jules shared footage online of a flooded street littered with debris and floodwaters rising up the sides of cars parked on the street.
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Hurricane Irma struck a group of islands in the Caribbean
Hurricane Irma struck the capital city of St Martin, Marigot
I am shocked by the monster that covers us, the island is devastated, it is apocalyptic, a lot of damage, many roofs destroyed
Some of St Martin’s government buildings were struck down, according to French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb.