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'Devastation' as Hurricane Irma slams Caribbean

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Powerful Hurricane Irma cut a swathe of deadly destruction as it roared through the Caribbean, claiming at least nine lives and turning the tropical islands of St Martin and Barbuda into mountains of rubble. Barbuda suffered "absolute devastation" with 95 percent of properties damaged, and up to 30 percent demolished, Prime Minister Gaston Browne said. IMAGES FROM THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

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