BBCNEWS BBC News September 8, 2017
Deaths are reported in the us and British Virgin islands and anguilla. Haiti and the turks Caicos Islands are now making frantic preparations. The islands of barbuda and st martin were the first to feel the full force of the winds and storm surge. Then puerto rico, cuba and florida still lie ahead. With phone lines down, roads destroyed by flooding, airports damaged, communication and getting aid in is difficult. Our correspondent laura bicker sent this report from puerto rico. Hurricane irma, a storm the size of france, has carved a destructive path through the caribbean. In puerto rico, thre...