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IN PICTURES: Hurricane Irma leaves trail of destruction in French Caribbean

Hurricane Irma - one of the most powerful Atlantic storms on record - ripped through the Caribbean on Wednesday leaving a trail of destruction in its wake.

Published: 8 September 2017 17:34 CEST
IN PICTURES: Hurricane Irma leaves trail of destruction in French Caribbean
Damage in Orient Bay. AFP.
Nine were killed by the storm on the French islands, while seven remain missing, France's Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said on Friday. 
 
The islands of St Martin, a pristine island resort which is divided between France and the Netherlands, and St Barts, also known as Saint Barthelemy, were hit. 

 
A 455-strong security contingent is on its way to St Martin and more will follow, Collomb said, adding that “the law and order problems should be resolved”.
 
The rare Category Five hurricane is now heading towards the United States, where up to a million people have been ordered to evacuate. 
 

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Hotel Mercure on Saint Martin during the passage of Hurricane Irma. AFP.

Destroyed palm trees, outside Hotel Mercure after the storm. AFP

A man stands in his destroyed home in Orient Bay on Saint-Martin. AFP

Damage in Orient Bay. AFP

French Overseas Minister Annick Girardin (C) and President of the Saint-Martin French collectivity Daniel Gibbes (R) speak with residents. AFP.

Flooded houses in Gustavia in St Barts. AFP.

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Denmark records deepest snow level for 13 years

Blizzards in Denmark this week have resulted in the greatest depth of snow measured in the country for 13 years.

Published: 4 January 2024 14:18 CET
Denmark records deepest snow level for 13 years

A half-metre of snow, measured at Hald near East Jutland town Randers, is the deepest to have occurred in Denmark since January 2011, national meteorological agency DMI said.

The measurement was taken by the weather agency at 8am on Thursday.

Around 20-30 centimetres of snow was on the ground across most of northern and eastern Jutland by Thursday, as blizzards peaked resulting in significant disruptions to traffic and transport.

A much greater volume of snow fell in 2011, however, when over 100 centimetres fell on Baltic Sea island Bornholm during a post-Christmas blizzard, which saw as much as 135 centimetres on Bornholm at the end of December 2010.

READ ALSO: Denmark’s January storms could be fourth extreme weather event in three months

With snowfall at its heaviest for over a decade, Wednesday saw a new rainfall record. The 59 millimetres which fell at Svendborg on the island of Funen was the most for a January day in Denmark since 1886. Some 9 weather stations across Funen and Bornholm measured over 50cm of rain.

DMI said that the severe weather now looks to have peaked.

“We do not expect any more weather records to be set in the next 24 hours. But we are looking at some very cold upcoming days,” DMI meteorologist and press spokesperson Herdis Damberg told news wire Ritzau.

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