Yachts lie crammed against the shore in Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. Britain’s sluggish response to the disaster has caused anger among islanders Ron Gurney/ReutersAfter the noise and fury of the storm came the silence. As the residents of Anguilla sifted through the wreckage left behind by Hurricane Irma, anger grew as word spread of the quick military response to the disaster by Dutch and French forces on the neighbouring island of St Martin. Josephine Gumbs-Connor, a barrister in Anguilla, said she heard “the hum of one single solitary helicopter” above the island yesterday, the second morning after the storm struck. We are supposed to be readying ourselves for Hurricane Jose and you are looking at homes in Anguilla like gaping sepulchres.

Source: The Times September 07, 2017 22:58 UTC