Macron visits hurricane-hit Caribbean

MARIGOT: French President Emmanuel Macron travelled Tuesday to the hurricane-hit Caribbean, joining the Dutch king in the region for a tour of the devastated islands, reports AFP.

Macron's visit to the islands of St Martin and St Barts comes almost a week since Hurricane Irma roared over the region as a maximum Category Five storm, leaving at least 10 dead on French territory and a wide trail of destruction.

Authorities have begun evacuating locals and tourists from the hardest-hit French, British and Dutch territories in the Caribbean where many have complained about a breakdown in law and order and widespread shortages of food, water and electricity.

Dutch King Willem-Alexander spent a night on the Dutch side of the divided island of St Martin on Monday and will travel on to other territories that bore the brunt of one of the most powerful storms on record.

"Even from the plane I saw something I have never seen before," the Dutch royal told the NOS public newscaster. "I have seen proper war as well as natural disasters before, but I've never seen anything like this".

"Everywhere you look there's devastation, you see the collapse," he added.

 

Macron visits hurricane-hit Caribbean

MARIGOT: French President Emmanuel Macron travelled Tuesday to the hurricane-hit Caribbean, joining the Dutch king in the region for a tour of the devastated islands, reports AFP. Macrons visit to the islands of St Martin and St Barts comes almost a week since Hurricane Irma roared over the region as a maximum Category Five storm, leaving at least 10 dead on French territory and a wide trail of destruction. Authorities have begun evacuating locals and tourists from the hardest-hit French, British and Dutch territories in the Caribbean where many have complained about a breakdown in law and order and widespread shortages of food, water and electricity. Dutch King Willem-Alexander spent a night on the Dutch side of the divided island of St Martin on Monday and will travel on to other territories that bore the brunt of one of the most powerful storms on record. Even from the plane I saw something I have never seen before, the Dutch royal told the NOS public newscaster. I have seen proper war as well as natural disasters before, but Ive never seen anything like this. Everywhere you look theres devastation, you see the collapse, he added.