Three months after a hurricane devastated Barbuda and everybody left, little is back to normal
by Ann M. Simmons, Los Angeles Times
Dec 27, 2017
3 minutes
Three months after hurricanes forced the evacuation of Barbuda, only 350 people - or less than 20 percent of the population - have returned to the tiny Caribbean island.
Hurricane Irma struck on Sept. 6, littering the 62-square-mile island with mangled metal, shattered glass and crushed household goods. Most homes were damaged or destroyed.
Days later, with Hurricane Jose poised to strike a second blow, all 1,800 residents were evacuated to neighboring
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