The Tropical Storm which hit florida as Hurricane Irma continues to push inland, bringing torrential rain and storm surges to the states of georgia and south carolina. As it hit islands across the caribbean irma, with ferocious winds and torrential rain, left almost a0 people dead. Now britain, france and the netherlands, which oversee territories in the caribbean, have been criticised for being slow to respond to the crisis. A state of emergency has been declared on the British Virgin islands where an aid operation is underway. Laura bicker has the latest from tortola, the largest of the islands. There is now a sense of desperation and fear in tortola. People are hungry, tired and in need of basic supplies. This was the line of traffic trying to get into the main town on the island. Most are heading to the supermarket for the First Time Since the hurricane, now that more roads have been cleared. Have you got enough food, water . No, cause everybodys fighting, and stealing and a lots g
Never knows. So this is a special Public Program on hurricanes irma and jose and the Massive International response thats already under way. Weve all seen the pictures of the tremendous damage thats been done on antigua and barb a barbuda, st. Martin, the british and u. S. Virgin islands, cuba, florida and elsewhere and we shouldnt forget hurricane harvey. Disasters like these hurricanes always present an opportunity to refocus our efforts to see where we are doing well and where efforts need to be il proved. Emergency response systems have been tested like never before in the u. S. And in the countries of the caribbean. We have organized the program today to bring greater attention to the impact of the hurricanes and to the critical local and international response. This is the latest in a series of panels presentations and publications weve been doing on the caribbean. Two months ago, we published a report discussing the most important aspects of u. S. Relations with the caribbean. W
Leaving it much later. Officials are saying it becomes very difficult and very problematic. Seek one of the 43 or so shelters in miamidade that are very packed. They have capacity for a Million People or so. There is plenty of space. If you are thinking of traveling north, perhaps a warning you may be getting slightly too late because of the long lines we have been seeing in the i95 and main motor way. Being bumpertobumper in the motorways. It is not going as quickly. Remember, this is in many ways a mass exodus that were seeing here in florida. So worth bearing that in mind. On the ground we are starting to feel the first effects, the initial impact of Hurricane Irma. This, of course, is just the beginning. Lets find out how Hurricane Irma and how its path and where it is going and strength. Karen maginnis is joining me now. Karen . We lost our signal from isa. She was asking about the latest regarding the hurricane. Here are a couple of developments with the florida keys. It was the
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