Early images out of Hurricane Irma show devastation of Caribbean islands

Hurricane Irma strikes Saint Martin.
(Image credit: Screenshot/Twitter/RCI Guadeloupe)

As Hurricane Irma continues to move toward Florida with catastrophic force, it first paved a path over the small Caribbean islands of St. Martin, Anguilla, and St. Barts after making landfall on Barbuda around 2 a.m. Wednesday.

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.