{"id":25926,"date":"2017-09-21T10:40:01","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T15:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=25926"},"modified":"2017-09-21T10:40:01","modified_gmt":"2017-09-21T15:40:01","slug":"whole-towns-have-been-wiped-out-hurricane-maria-devastates-tiny-caribbean-island-of-dominica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=25926","title":{"rendered":"“Whole Towns Have Been Wiped Out” Hurricane Maria Devastates Tiny Caribbean Island Of Dominica"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Whole Towns Have Been Wiped Out” Hurricane Maria Devastates Tiny Caribbean Island Of Dominica<\/a><\/h3>\n
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In a testament to the sheer power of Hurricane Maria, the most destructive storm to hit the Caribbean in nearly a century, civilization on the tiny island of Dominica was essentially wiped out after Maria \u2013 then a category 5 storm \u2013 battered the island with 160 mph gusts, leveling whole towns and wiping out the island\u2019s electricity and communications infrastructure.<\/p>\n

The death toll on the island has climbed to 7 \u2013 but a complete count of casualties likely won\u2019t be possible for at least a few more days, as the island\u2019s shaken residents sift through the debris and contemplate what to do now that everything they and their neighbors owned has been destroyed.<\/p>\n

When CNN <\/a>flew over the island to survey the damage, it captured startling footage depicting whole villages decimated and thousands of trees snapped in half across the island. Houses ripped open. Evidence of numerous landslides.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The island\u2019s agriculture-based economy has been totally wiped out. As CNN points out, the complete destruction of the island\u2019s economy will compound the damage wrought by the storm by hopelessly complicating the recovery effort. Officials of nearby islands confirmed that the only electricity available on the island is coming from backup generators and car batteries.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Philmore Mullin, head of Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s National Office of Disaster Services, told CNN <\/a>the only power available on the island was from emergency generators and car batteries. \u201cDamage is severe and widespread. We know of casualties, but not in detail. We\u2019ve heard of many missing but we just don\u2019t know much at the moment.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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