Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Country: Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Central African Republic, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Mexico, Philippines, United States of America, Viet Nam, World
FEATURE
Antigua and Barbuda
AFFECTED AREAS
Barbuda
CAUSE OF DISPLACEMENT
Disaster
FIGURES
About 1,400 new displacements between 7 and 8 September
CONTEXT
The entire population of Barbuda, about 1,400 people, evacuated to Antigua Island between 7 and 8 September after Hurricane Irma made landfall on 6 September destroying almost all buildings on the island (CDEMA, 10 Sept 2017). Evacuations were carried out amid fears that the island would be hit by a second hurricane. While Hurricane José eventually veered off path, the damage wrought by Irma alone has left the island “almost uninhabitable,” according to the Prime Minister (BBC News, 8 Sept 2017; CNN, 11 Sept 2017).