Another 23 people were injured. On Thursday, September 7, the French Minister of the Interior Gerard Colomb.
According to him, the death toll in Saint-Martin and St. Barthelemy may be more. Now the rescue teams have not yet completed the island inspection, and the hurricane covered most of Puerto Rico, moving towards the Dominican Republic and Haiti, "the minister said, adding that 95% of buildings were destroyed because of the hurricane.
On the island of Barbuda, according to preliminary information, a child was killed. His family tried to get to a safer place.
Recall, as reported URA-Inform, the hurricane "Irma" hit several islands in the Caribbean Sea and moves in the direction of Cuba. According to the National Center for US Hurricanes, Irma is heading towards the Virgin Islands, and further, perhaps, to Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, the Bahamas and Florida. Puerto Rico has already declared a state of emergency.