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Hurricane Irma's eyewall slams into the Florida Keys, lashing the island chain with fearsome wind gusts as it bears down on the state's west coast where a mass exodus has turned cities into ghost towns. IMAGES of Satellite footage showing Hurricane Irma
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
Aerial images show the floods and damages from Hurricane Dorian on Freeport, Grand Bahama. Hurricane Dorian cut a swath through the northern Bahamas, where it left at least 20 people dead and thousands homeless. IMAGES
Beyonce will donate the proceeds of her new song, a remix of J Balvin and Willy William's hit 'Mi Gente', to the hurricane relief efforts following several devastations around the world.
French President Emmanuel Macron arrived at Pointe-à-Pitre on Tuesday to visit the hurricane-hit Caribbean. 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. IMAGES
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. SOUNDBITE