Drive out Rohingya Muslims. What weve seen here tells us a very different story, a story of ethnic cleansing, of driving muslims out of this part of myanmar. And we bring you the story of the 13 year old british girl who helped to transform the lives of eight people after her death. Hello and welcome to bbc world news. Hurricane irma has cut a devastating path across the caribbean, leaving death and destruction in its wake. At least 20 people are known to have died and more than a Million People have been affected. The massive storm, one of the most powerful Atlantic Hurricanes ever recorded, is forecast to hit the United States on saturday night. And theres another hurricane coming up behind irma in the atlantic. Jose has strengthened to a category 4, with driving winds of 200kph, thats125mph. And forecasters warn it could strengthen still further. Our correspondent laura bicker is the first foreign journalist to reach barbuda, already devastated by irma. Islanders there are racing to
Hurricane irma has cut a devastating path across the caribbean, leaving death and destruction in its wake. At least 20 people are now known to have died and more than a Million People have been affected. The massive storm, one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the atlantic, is forecast to hit the United States on saturday night. And theres another hurricane coming up behind irma. Jose has now strengthened to a category 4, with driving winds of 200km h, thats125mph. And forecasters warn it could strengthen still further. Our correspondent laura bicker is the first foreign journalist to reach barbuda, which has been devastated by irma. Islanders there are racing to evacuate to neighbouring antigua beforejose makes landfall. This is her report. The island of barbuda was once a caribbean paradise. Now it is lost. Hurricane irma has reduced it to rubble. Homes are unrecognisable. The ruins lie scattered, torn and ripped apart. Having survived the worst storm in living memory,
Back and try and salvage something, and help. I dont know. My whole life is here, so. Were not coping, were definitely not coping. Everybody will tell you the same, theyre not coping. Everyone is in the same situation and nobody can help one another. The core of the hurricane carved a cruel and deadly path through these streets. A two year old died, drowned as her mother tried to move her to safer ground. But, incredibly, the rest of the people on this island survived the storms wrath. Dont worry, were going to get you off the island, and were going to get you to safety, and youll be taken care of. The Prime Minister has travelled from neighbouring antigua to provide some reassurance. Be patient, were going to get you all off. He knows this is a race against time before hurricanejose arrives in just a few hours. We heard him haggling for every boat, helicopter or plane to help with the evacuation. Can it land here, though . But fear starts to spread that not everyone will get out in ti
Destruction in its wake. At least 20 people are known to have died and more than a Million People have been affected. The massive storm is forecast to hit the United States on saturday night. And theres another hurricane named jose coming up behind irma. Our correspondent laura bicker is the first foreign journalist to reach barbuda following the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Irma and has been speaking to residents there. The island of barbuda was once a caribbean paradise. Now it is lost. Hurricane irma has reduced it to rubble. Homes are unrecognisable. The ruins lie scattered, torn and ripped apart. Having survived the worst storm in living memory, and knowing another is on the way, people are exhausted, hungry and just desperate to leave. I dont know. Im just waiting to get evacuated from here, and then im going to come back and try and salvage something, and help. I dont know. My whole life is here, so. Were not coping, were definitely not coping. Everybody will tell you the sa
Board the vessel right now conducting interviews with the crew and just gathering as much data as possible. Reporter one of the things we heard yesterday is that visibility may have been a factor, it was reduced to maybe quarter of a mile. How do you look into that as a factor . We want to first determine what the visibility was. And of course the investigation will help with that. But that said, visibility as you know in the bay area here could always be a challenge. These vessels are pretty technically advanced with radar and navigation equipment. So much like you might land an airplane in reduced visibility, sometimes these vessels can travel in limited visibility as well. Reporter and can you share with us anything of the interview with the pilot and what things might be going on there . Well, not exactly. There is obviously going to be an interview with the pilot. He is one of the many interviews that we will be conducting. But the details of that, no, not at this time we cant sha