A look at impact of Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean

Associated Press

A look at the impact of Hurricane Irma on individual countries and territories as it tears across the Caribbean:

ANGUILLA

One death was reported in the British territory of Anguilla, which also suffered extensive damage to the airport, hospitals and shelters. Ninety percent of the roads are impassible, according to the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency.

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

A 2-year-old child was killed on Barbuda as a family tried to escape a damaged home. About 60 percent of the roughly 1,400 people on the small, flat island were left homeless by the storm that damaged nearly every building.

BAHAMAS

The country was evacuating six islands in the southern Bahamas ahead of the storm. Islanders were being flown to the capital, Nassau, in what Prime Minister Hubert Minnis called the largest storm evacuation in the country’s history.

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

Major damage to houses and commercial buildings was reported by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Waves smashed a dozen homes into rubble in the fishing community of Nagua, but the buildings were believed to unoccupied at the time. Several thousand locals and tourists were evacuated from coastal areas ahead of the storm. Authorities reported some flooding.

HAITI

Evacuations were ordered in northern coastal areas, including the island known as Il de la Tortue. Haiti, which shares an island with the Dominican Republic, was expected to be spared a direct hit, but heavy rains could trigger dangerous floods.

PUERTO RICO

About a million people were without power in the U.S. territory after Irma passed just to the north, lashing the island with heavy wind and rain. Nearly 50,000 also were without water Thursday.

ST. BARTS

Irma ripped off roofs and knocked out electricity to the French island of St. Barts.

ST. KITTS AND NEVIS

Prime Minister Timothy Harris said the country was spared “the extreme ravages” of the hurricane.

ST. MARTIN

Five people were confirmed dead on the island of St. Martin. The U.S. Consulate General in Curagao said it believes about 6,000 Americans are stranded there after the storm leveled the island.

TURKS AND CAICOS

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Hurricane Irma was “pummeling” the Turks and Caicos islands at press time.

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

At least four people were killed in the U.S. territory, where crews struggled to reopen roads and restore power. Officials described the damage as catastrophic. Two fire stations and two police stations collapsed. The only hospital in St. Thomas was wrecked, and patients were being evacuated to Puerto Rico and elsewhere.