Hurricane Irma wipes tiny Carribean Island off the map

http://nypost.com/2017/09/06/hurricane-irma-wipes-tiny-caribbean-island-off-the-map/

>The tiny Caribbean island of Barbuda is “practically uninhabitable” after it was steamrolled by Hurricane Irma, officials there said as the superstorm’s confirmed death toll climbed to three Wednesday.

>Barbuda and Antigua Prime Minister Gaston Browne reported that 90 percent of the structures on Barbuda were destroyed by the ‘cane, which was packing sustained 185-mph winds when it made landfall at 1:47 a.m.

>“As it stands, Barbuda is practically uninhabitable,” Browne told Antigua/Barbuda Broadcasting Services, adding that destruction on the island home to nearly 1,700 people was “heart-wrenching.”

>“A significant number of the houses have been totally destroyed,” his chief of staff Lionel Hurst said.

>One person has been confirmed dead there.

>Browne released an optimistic statement early Wednesday from lesser-hit Antigua, which is home to about 80,000.

>“It is clear that Antigua and Barbuda has stood up to a mighty test,” he wrote in the statement posted to Facebook.

>But he revised his opinion after taking a helicopter ride to survey the damage to Barbuda, which is just 30 miles north of Antigua.

>“I never contemplated any possibility that you could have such a contrast,” he said of the relative destruction.

>Browne said he would order both islands evacuated should Hurricane Jose, which is brewing out in the Atlantic, head their way.

Jesus Christ.