About 95 percent of the tiny islands of Barbuda and St. Martin sustained some damage or were outright destroyed, officials said. Hurricane watches were in effect for Antigua, Barbuda, Anguilla, St. Barts and St. Martin. “It’s like someone with a lawn mower from the sky has gone over the island,” Marilou Rohan, a European vacationer on the Dutch side of the island, which is split with France, told the Dutch NOS news service. A Caribbean airport popular with tourists and aviation fans was badly damaged by Hurricane Irma. “I guess we are worried, but we are already living in another hurricane, Hurricane Misery,” said the mother of three, who was selling fruit at the Olympic Market.

Source: Washington Post September 08, 2017 01:25 UTC