Remembering Hurricane Irma: 4 years after the devastation

Four years ago today, September 6, Hurricane Irma — one of the most powerful storms ever seen in the Atlantic — smashed into the BVI causing unspeakable damage.

The photograph above, which shows a resident standing amid the debris after the category-five hurricane, gives a glimpse of devastation to these Virgin Islands.

One of the major fallouts of the disaster was the damage to the territory’s electricity infrastructure which resulted in most of the BVI being without power for months.

Amid Irma’s fourth anniversary, one legislator, Mark Vanterpool, has made calls for the BVI Electricity Corporation to escalate plans to get more of the territory’s power lines underground.