now it's seven years including 2017. >> this is an active season. >> extremely. it's reminiscent of 2004, 2005, although we're not quite there yet. >> so stay with us because we want to talk about st. maarten. it's still struggling. just incredible damage there after hurricane irma passed through as a category 5. take a look at the map specifically the north is administered by france, the south by the netherlands, both leveled by this storm. but as our colleague cyril vanier reports, there are signs that the dutch side is slowly starting to recover. >> reporter: there is stiltis s lot of damage and destruction. power lines are down, no street lights here, they were ripped off by the winds and the island is nowhere near done picking up all of the trash and debris, and yet it feels like the island is