“That is not only stopping all of the work we began in the last few days,” Mr. Hamoir said, referring to Hurricane Jose. The United States Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands, along with Antigua, dropped their hurricane warnings to tropical storm watches, while Barbuda and Anguilla downgraded their warnings by Saturday afternoon. The French relief operation has been one of starts and, for now, stops, but efforts to help those on the British Virgin Islands have only just begun. At least five deaths have been reported, according to Gus Japsert, governor of the British Virgin Islands. “Same for food.”Advertisement Continue reading the main storyIn the United States Virgin Islands, the death toll has reached four, so far.

Source: New York Times September 09, 2017 16:05 UTC