Hurricane Irma

Renowned as one of the last Caribbean pristine islands.  Now the bulldozers are at work. World renowned seabird colonies and coral reefs. But the land is being flattened for an international airport. “We need our brothers and sisters to stand up and defend your birthright. This is our birthright. And it’s being taken away from us by a…

We meet a British couple who live in a small Florida fishing village badly damaged by Hurricane Irma – and travel back with them to find out what’s left of their home.

We report from Anguilla as Boris Johnson defends the government’s hurricane relief effort, saying it was “extremely fast” as he arrived on the island of Anguilla to see the aid operation in action.

We report from Anguilla: As the clear-up in the wake of Hurricane Irma continues, questions remain about the speed and size of Britain’s response. Dozens of police have been flown to devastated British territories in the Caribbean and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is about to see the relief effort first hand.  

We were told nothing and received no help. We feel like third-class citizens. This from a barrister living on Anguilla, barely able to contain her frustration at Britain’s hurricane response. The UK and France are now promising more help, and attention to their territories battered by the storm, but does all this show that Britain…

We report from Anguilla as the struggle to get aid to the islands devastated by Hurricane Irma continues. Officials have fended off criticism that their response has been too slow and too late.

Sir Henry Bellingham, a former minister for Africa, the Caribbean and the overseas territories, and Bermuda Premier David Burt discuss the UK’s response to Hurricane Irma.

We report from Florida after one of the biggest mass evacuations in US history. Hurricane Irma has just about finished with Florida – finally. The monster has weakened to a tropical storm, but not before battering communities with lashing rain, violent wind gusts and storm surges in coastal areas.

Hurricane Irma’s movements.

Josephine Gumbs-Connor is the former legal advisor to the Chief Minister of Anguilla.

Despite the devastation, Joe was able to talk to us on a shaky mobile phone to explain what the islanders have been going through and what they’re facing.

The destruction from one of the most powerful Atlantic storms ever recorded is still underway. The death toll, from category five Hurricane Irma, currently at 9, is likely to rise. Officials have described the damage as it swept across Caribbean islands as “apocalyptic” and buildings stood little chance as they were trashed by winds that…