Hurricane Irma slammed into Barbuda, the less populated sister island of Antigua, leaving an estimated half of its population homeless and killing at least one person, according to the country’s prime minister, Gaston Browne. ST. JOHN'S, Antigua and Barbuda: Hurricane Irma killed one person and left behind "total devastation" as the monster storm smashed into the tiny Caribbean island of Barbuda on Wednesday (Sep 6), the prime minister said. IRMA KILLS SIX IN ST MARTIN: OFFICIAL

At least six people were killed in the French part of the Caribbean island St Martin after Hurricane Irma tore through the region, Guadeloupe prefect Eric Maire said Wednesday. Irma could next hit the Atlantic archipelagos of the Turks and Caicos and the Bahamas — and by the weekend may reach a nervous Florida, where people have flocked to stores to prepare and some communities have ordered evacuations. Hurricane Irma, the strongest recorded storm to hit the Atlantic, is leaving a trail of destruction in the Caribbean and there is an increasing chance that it might turn to Florida next.
The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne says the island of Barbuda has been almost entirely wiped out by Hurricane Irma and is "barely habitable", with "90 percent" of all structures destroyed.