NgoSeptemba 5, 2017, kuye kwakho isaqhwithi esikhulu kwezakha zakho kwiAtlantic. Sele sonakalise iziqithi ezininzi kwiCaribbean. Okwangoku akukabikho bazalwana noodade abonzakaliswe okanye ababulewe sesi saqhwithi. IHolo yoBukumkani eseLa Désirade, eGuadeloupe; eseSt. Barts; neHolo Yendibano eseSt. Martin zonakele.

Isiqithi saseBarbuda sesona sihlaselweyo sesi saqhwithi, ibe kuqikelelwa ukuba sisiqingatha kubantu abahlala kwesi siqithi abasele bengenazindlu. Abantu abahlala kwesi siqithi, kuquka abazalwana abayi-11 bayalelwe ukuba bafudukele eAntigua ngenxa yokuba kusenokubakho isitshingitshane uJosé, esinokuhlasela iCaribbean ngempelaveki.

Abazalwana baye balungiselela ukunceda njengoko esi sitshingitshane uIrma sityhutyha iBahamas, iCuba nomzantsi-mpuma weMerika. Oku kuquka ukuqaphela izindlu zabazalwana noodade eziye zonakaliswa sesi sitshingitshane.

Onokuqhagamshelana Naye:

UDavid A. Semonian, Office of Public Information, +1-845-524-3000