Thursday, March 28

St. Martin: “All the Food Is Gone. People Are Fighting in the Streets for What’s Left.”

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Irma absolutely devastated many islands in the Caribbean. St. Martin, along with Barbuda, was one of those hardest hit. Now that the storm itself has passed and some communications are opening up again, we’re finding out how bad it really is. Looting had already been reported in St. Martin, but now, as survivors struggle with severe food and water shortages, the social fabric is unraveling. “All the food is gone,” one said. “People are fighting in the streets for what is left.” Read more: :https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/10/world/americas/irma-caribbean-st-martin.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=span-abc-region&region=span-abc-region&WT.nav=span-abc-region&_r=0

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