powerful winds lashed the island. more than a million customers are without power in puerto rico. >> at least eight people died and two others were seriously injured on the islands of st. barts and st. maarten. they describe it as a paradise lost. >> it's horrible. it's awful. this island was beautiful. it was a tropical paradise. it's awful. roofs have blown off. there are cars damaged and flipped over. back windows and bumpers ripped out. everything's an absolute disaster area. >> i got to tell you, nothing is paradise in 185 mile-per-hour winds. just so dangerous. hurricane irma blamed for the death of an infant in barbuda where more than 90% of structures have been destroyed. the island is described as "literally rubble and barely