(Agence France Presse) — Hurricane Irma has churned through a string of Caribbean islands, many of them famed for their pristine beauty and tropical climes, and threatens others. Here are background details about these areas: – Anguilla – A group of flat and low-lying islands east of Puerto Rico, Anguilla is a self-governing overseas territory of Britain. It is small (91 square kilometres/35 square miles) with a population estimated at around 17,000. – Antigua […]
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Category 5 Hurricane Irma batters Turks and Caicos islands
(Eagle News) — Category 5 Hurricane Irma, with winds of up to 290 kilometers per hour, battered Turks and Caicos islands on Thursday as people in the Caribbean and those in the hurricane’s path in the Southeastern United States started bracing themselves for what could be the strongest hurricane of their lives. Turks and Caicos is an archipelago of 40 low-lying coral islands in the Atlantic Oceaan, and is a British Overseas Territory southeast […]





