Much of Barbuda , an idyllic island in the Caribbean , has change by reversal to rubble after coming face - to - facial expression with Hurricane Irma .
“ What I saw was heart - rick , dead annihilating . The extent of the destruction is unprecedented , ” Prime Minister Browne toldlocal news place ABS Television . “Barbuda the right way now is literally rubble …. In fact , I ’m of the view that , as it stands now , Barbuda is barely habitable . "
Now , their political science is faced with the decision of whether to void the island ’s population , due to forecasts of the Atlantic ’s Hurricane Jose expected to hit the island in the come days .
“ You ’d recognize too that the island is now literally submerged and that in itself represent a serious terror in terms of mosquito - borne disease , ” Browne added .
Irma now ranks as one ofthe most powerful Atlantic hurricanesever . The Category 5 storm , the highest possible level , hit the island of Barbuda early on on Wednesday with sustained winds of over 297 kilometers ( 185 miles ) per hour . About 60 per centum of its residents have since been pass on homeless and at least one somebody from the island – a two - year - old child – has give-up the ghost , he told theAssociated Press .
" What we experience is like something you see in a horror movie , " a local resident also told ABS . " person were run from sign to business firm , and we had cars flying over our top dog . We had 40 - understructure [ 12 meters ] container wing left and correct . "
At the present time , at least 10 mass have been killed in the Caribbean in the aftermath of the tempest .
Antigua and Barbuda was one of the first nations to be hit by Hurricane Irma . Puerto Rico , St Kitts , St Nevis , St Martin , and St Barts have also felt the military group of the storm already . It is currently north of the Dominican Republic and Haiti , and expected to shine Turks and Caicos and the southerly Bahamas by Thursday evening .
In the interim , Florida nervously track the storm ’s path with potentially catastrophic winds potential to strike the Keys by Saturday , according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) .
you could chase after the advance of Hurricane Irma on theNOAA ’s National Hurricane Center online map .
