With gasoline running out and tensions rising, the Florida Highway Patrol escorted tanker trucks sent to replenish gas stations. People rushed to board up their homes, take their boats out of the water and gas up their cars.
Meanwhile, Irma, the most potent Atlantic Ocean hurricane ever recorded, appeared increasingly likely to rip into heavily populated South Florida early Sunday. Houses are under water, cars are floating through the streets, inhabitants are sitting in the dark in ruined houses and are cut off from the outside world,” he said.įar out in the Atlantic, Hurricane Jose grew into a Category 2 storm, threatening some of the same islands ravaged by Irma. “There is no power, no gasoline, no running water. Martin circulating on social media showed major damage to the Philipsburg airport and heavy flooding in the coastal village of Marigot.ĭutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said the storm “caused wide-scale destruction of infrastructure, houses and businesses.” “Most of the schools have been destroyed.” We’ll need to rebuild both islands,” he said. Martin, the equivalent of four days of supplies. Barts, tearing off roofs and knocking out electricity.įrench Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said 100,000 food rations were sent to St. Irma also slammed the French island of St. Three more deaths were reported on the British island of Anguilla, independent Barbuda and the Dutch side of St. The toll could rise because rescue teams had yet to get a complete look at the damage. Martin, an island split between Dutch and French control. About a million people were without power in Puerto Rico after Irma sideswiped the island, but there were no immediate reports of large-scale casualties.īut the first islands hit by the storm were scenes of terrible destruction.įrench Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said four people were confirmed dead and about 50 injured on the French side of St. Skies over the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, were still clear just after noon local time. “Because this is the real deal.”īy Thursday afternoon, the hurricane was north of the Dominican Republic, where authorities reported some flooding and the evacuation of several thousand locals and tourists but no serious damage or casualties. Air Force Reserve weather officer who flew through the eye of Irma at 10,000 feet.
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