Hurricane Irma batters Caribbean
Waves crash against the seawall as Hurricane Irma slammed across islands in the northern Caribbean.- REUTERS |
(Vatican Radio) 8 people were killed when Hurricane
Irma pounded Puerto Rico and neighouring Caribbean Islands on Thursday
on its way to Florida.
Puerto Rico was left in darkness and Antigua and Barbuda
were also hard hit.
The plane flying Pope
Francis to Colombia had to change its flight path to avoid the
Category 5 Hurricane.
The NHC said it was the strongest hurricane ever recorded in
the Atlantic Ocean and one of the five most forceful storms to hit the Atlantic
basin in 82 years.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has been stepping up
preparations for Hurricane Irma even as the agency continued the massive
recovery effort in storm-battered Texas.
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly
passed $7.9 billion in Harvey disaster relief as warring Republicans and
Democrats united to help victims of the storm in Texas and Louisiana.
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