BBCNEWS BBC News September 13, 2017
The worst affected areas are in the caribbean where 17,000 people desperately need shelter, with some still short of food and drinking water. Its believed that 37 people were killed on the islands. Nick bryant reports from one of those territories, the turks and caicos. This church was supposed to protect people from irma, a sanctuary from the storm. Butjust hours before the hurricane hit, the plan changed. People went elsewhere, and just as well. Like many buildings here, it was destroyed. In the turks and caicos islands, low lying coastal communities were worst hit, beach side homes now unli...