Demolished by Irma, Barbuda braces for Hurricane Jose

Havana, Sep 14 (Prensa Latina) The fury of Hurricane Irma caused damage to 211 cultural institutions in Cuba, said today the Ministry of Culture.

Because many people were already collecting food for survivors, “We’re trying to do medical supplies”, she said.

A spokesman for the Department for International Trade said: “Reform of Official Development Assistance was one of the Conservative manifesto pledges and we are looking at how the current rules apply to disasters”. “Metal roofs went flying”.

In the resort town of Varadero in the Matanzas province, 14,500 foreign tourists rode out the storm, according to state-run news organization Granma. And authorities in the city of Santa Clara said 39 buildings collapsed.

The monster storm grazed the north east coast of the island on its way toward the Florida Keys.

“It’s sad when you come home to this”, she said as she began to cry.

A Change.org petition was started on Sunday, calling out CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox News for their obvious lack of coverage of the unincorporated USA territory, and home to more than 100,000 Americans, 76 percent of whom are black.

The damage from Irma comes just a few months before the beginning of the winter tourism season, which previous year pumped $56 billion into the regional economy and provided 725,000 jobs, according to the World Travel and Tourism Council, an worldwide industry group.

If Britain says that they are responsible for Anguilla and Anguillans, they need to stand up to their word.

The once-idyllic view from Eugene Connor’s home on St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands is now a window on the crushing power of Hurricane Irma.

As the eye neared the island and Irma forced the area’s barometric pressure to drop dramatically, the roommates said they could feel a popping sensation in their ears similar to when a plane descends during landing.

“Communications in and out of the BVI are still mostly down, but we have a satellite phone working to share updates”. St. Croix, the most populated of the islands in the chain, escaped relatively unscathed because its location some 45 miles to the south spared it a direct hit.

Somerville says he intends on going to Barbuda himself once the island is habitable again to see how he can help. “I’m glad I’m alive”.

“These are British people, these are British overseas territories, and we are going to be there for the long term”.

Jose is to move farther from the islands into the northern Atlantic.

However, as of Friday, some two-thirds of the island were still without power, only roughly 47 percent of the island’s hospitals were operating, and roughly 27 percent of the population didn’t have water, she said.

“We’re going to have to keep this going for some time because Barbuda’s not going to be rebuilt in a hurry, and when we do rebuild it, we’re going to have to rebuild to massive hurricane standards”. A hurricane watch also was discontinued for nearby Antigua.

When asked why he would risk his and his son’s lives for strangers, Parr told CNN, “I just knew they’d be in trouble if they stayed there”.