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Residents of Saint Barth and Saint Martin tell the horror of Hurricane Irma

Residents of Saint Barthelemy after Hurricane Irma

Residents of Saint Barthelemy after Hurricane Irma Source: Lyla Dumont

It was in fear and anguish that the inhabitants of the Caribbean Islands lived the night of Friday, September 7 to Saturday 8. Cyclone Irma, was the most powerful ever recorded in the West Indies, a category V hurricane with winds exceeding 300 km / h.


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It was in fear and anguish that the inhabitants of the Caribbean Islands lived the night of Friday, September 7 to Saturday 8. Cyclone Irma, was the most powerful ever recorded in the West Indies, a category V hurricane with winds exceeding 300 km / h.


Last week just after Hurricane Irma, we contacted people from the island of Saint Barthelemy and Saint Martin. They told us the extent of damages, material but also psychological. Today, there is a sense of mutual help and solidarity among the population

 


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