Salvation Army coordinating unprecedented disaster response in wake of hurricanes
Salvation Army coordinating unprecedented disaster response in wake of hurricanes
11 September 2017
As Hurricane Irma hits Florida, she leaves devastation across the Caribbean, including on the island of St Maarten (above). The Salvation Army is responding to the disaster.
Hurricane Irma has caused devastation in parts of the Caribbean, rendering the island of Barbuda “barely habitable”, according to Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda.
The Salvation Army on nearby Antigua is working with the government to provide emergency food supplies to evacuees who have fled the neighbouring island.
Meanwhile, the force of the 290km/hr wind has blown off scores of roofs on the island of St Maarten, with heavy rain and storm surges inundating many more properties. The Salvation Army’s facilities on the island have sustained modest damage, but emergency shelter is still being provided to at least 37 people who have had to leave their homes.