Another four people were killed on St. Maarten, the Dutch side of St. Martin. But Castaner insisted President Emmanuel Macron's government deployed robust emergency planning and equipment, with emergency help given "first priority." In a statement, EDF said the equipment — transported from mainland France via two large aircraft — arrived Sunday in neighboring Guadeloupe. France's interior minister said Sunday that he shared the relief of many residents in St. Martin and St. Barts that Hurricane Jose spared the islands further devastation. Collomb also dismissed as false a report that prison inmates on the Dutch part of St. Martin had escaped amid the devastation.

Source: Fox News September 10, 2017 16:52 UTC