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Hurricane Irma's path was such that its impact was both far-reaching and devastating, with landfalls in Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Martin, the Bahamas, Cuba, and the United States, all at major hurricane intensity. Furthermore, the size of the storm system meant that destruction was prevalent even in territories well removed from landfall ...
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The eye of the hurricane passed over the northeastern tip of Anguilla. Although its geographic placement means that the island likely would have sustained worse damage than St. Martin, the total scale of damage is still unknown. Luis was the worst hurricane the island suffered since Hurricane Donna in 1960. [citation needed]
Hurricane Tammy is predicted to bring flooding and could bring structural damage to the Lesser Antilles through the ... St. Maarten. St. Martin and St. Barthelemy. A hurricane watch is in effect for:
The St. Maarten Zoo sustained heavy structural damage, though all resident animals survived unharmed. [42] The French side of the island incurred relatively little destruction, with scattered roof and window damage, [ 46 ] though Orient Beach "was a scene of complete devastation"; several businesses there suffered extensively. [ 47 ]
In the SSS Islands (Saba, St. Eustatius, and Sint Maarten) strong winds from Omar, gusting up to 76 mph (122 km/h), and high waves caused significant damage and coastal flooding. On Sint Maarten, rainfall from the storm totaled to 5.4 in (140 mm). [14] Damage in Sint Maarten was mainly limited to beach erosion and scattered power outages. [15]
At 11 p.m. AST August 15 (0300 UTC August 16) the respective governments of St. Lucia, Martinique, Saba, St. Eustatius, and Guadeloupe and its dependencies issued Hurricane watches and the government of the Netherlands Antilles issued a tropical storm watch for the island of St. Maarten, [5] as then-Tropical Storm Dean was expected to intensify ...
It had quickly strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson scale on September 20 when it struck the Lesser Antilles with 115 mph (185 km/h) winds. The islands affected include Antigua, Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica, St. Maarten. St.