Hurricane Irma: Relief efforts under way as new storm threatens Caribbean

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Relief efforts are under way on islands devastated by Hurricane Irma&comma; as a second &&num;8220&semi;extremely dangerous&&num;8221&semi; storm threatens the Caribbean&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Some already-ravaged areas are preparing for further possible damage as Hurricane Jose&comma; which has been upgraded to category four&comma; travels through the Atlantic&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Medical supplies and other aid are being flown from the UK to the areas worst affected by Irma&comma; following a £32 million pledge from the British Government&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The government of the Turks and Caicos Islands&comma; which were &&num;8220&semi;pummelled&&num;8221&semi; overnight&comma; declared a national shutdown as the hurricane continued its destructive path towards America&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The death toll from Irma has risen to 20 with four more people believed to have died on the British Virgin Islands&comma; it is reported&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>US President Donald Trump warned Americans in Irma&&num;8217&semi;s path to &&num;8220&semi;get out of its way&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He tweeted&colon; <i>&&num;8220&semi;Hurricane Irma is of epic proportion&comma; perhaps bigger than we have ever seen&period; Be safe and get out of its way&comma; if possible&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The National Hurricane Centre said the storm is likely to move near the north coast of Cuba and central Bahamas on Friday and Saturday&comma; and approach Florida by Sunday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Life-threatening wind&comma; rain and a storm surge are expected in the Turks and Caicos Islands into Saturday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Forecasters said Hurricane Jose could affect already-hit areas with the British Virgin Islands on tropical storm watch&comma; and the Commonwealth islands of Barbuda and Antigua and British territory of Anguilla on hurricane watch&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed613ea091a">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed613ea091a'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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