HURRIKAANI 1 Irman vaikutukset

18.09.2017

Hurrikaanikausi Karibianmerellä on normaalisti kesäkuu-marraskuu ja pahimmillaan syys-lokakuussa.

Usein hurrikaani iskee ensimmäiseksi Barbadokselle ja jatkaa siitä matkaansa pohjoisemmille saarille ja manner-Yhdysvaltoihin.

 

FLORIDA, USA

Hurrikaani Irma saapui Karibianmereltä Floridaan ja vahingoitti eniten ensimmäistä kohdettaan Florida Keysin aluetta. Florida selvisi hurrikaanista vähemmin vaurioin kuin Teksas äskettäin sinne iskeneestä Harvey-hurrikaanista. Osittain tämä johtuu siitä, että Floridassa on huomattavasti parempi infrastruktuuri kuin Teksasissa ja esim valtaisat tulvavedet hävisivät huomattavasti nopeammin.

FLORIDA KEYS 
on 1 700 saaren jono, joka alkaa manner-Floridan niemen kärjestä ja luikertelee 190 kilometriä kohti Kuubaa. Keysien läpi kulkeva maantien, Overseas Highway, toisella puolella välkehtii Meksikonlahti, toisella Atlantti. Tiellä on 42 siltaa. Keysien erikoisuus oli, että lähes kaikki talot – myös keskellä saaria – olivat rannalla. Saaret on kaivettu täyteen kanavia, jotka muodostavat ruutukaavan samaan tapaan kuin New Yorkin kadut.

Florida Keys vahingoittui niin pahasti (erityisesti Key West ja Key Largo),  että turistit eivät oletoistaiseksi tervetulleita alueelle.

 

MUU FLORIDA

yli miljoona on vielä ilman sähköä osavaltiossa, samoin kaasun ja polttoaineen jakelu on vielä hidasta.Tulvavesistä kärsivät Naples, Tampa, Jacksonville.

mm Orlando, Miami ja Fort Lauderdale selvisivät vähin vaurioin ja esim kaikki huvipuistot ovat jo avoinna.

 

FLORIDAN LENTOKENTÄT
ovat kaikki toiminnassa.

 

KARIBIANMEREN SAARIVALTIOT

USVI, USAn Neitsytsaaret
U.S. Virgin Islands
 

USAn Neitsytsaaret kärsivät pahoja vahinkoja – erityisesti St John ja St Thomas
The island of St. Croix managed to sidestep the worst of Irma, but visitors to the U.S. Virgin Islands are being advised not to visit the districts of St. Thomas and St. John as of yet.

Fire and police stations collapsed and the main hospital in St. Thomas sustained heavy damage. As of Saturday, the storm had resulted in four fatalities on St. Thomas, and communications remained limited. A curfew remains in effect as of Monday.

The commissioner of Tourism in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Beverly Nicholson-Doty, said that 150 tourists were flown out of St. Thomas Monday on a Delta Air Lines humanitarian flight. Among them were some who were prioritized because of medical conditions. Some 2,000 more visitors stranded by the storm were to be evacuated to Florida Tuesday morning.

The airports in Puerto Rico and St. Croix are open for commercial flights. St. Thomas’ airport remains closed to commercial air at this time but may reopen Sept. 16.

While The Buccaneer, Club Comanche Hotel St. Croix, Hotel Caravelle and Hotel on the Cay on St. Croix are open for business, Windward Passage on St. Thomas announced it will close for six months, and other St. Thomas resorts, such as Bluebeard’s Castle Resort, Marriott Frenchman’s Reef, Margaritaville Vacation Club, Ritz-Carlton St. Thomas, Point Pleasant Resort, Secret Harbour Beach Resort and Sugar Bay Resort & Spa are still assessing damage. Westin St. John Resort Villas and Caneel Bay on St. John also sustained some damage.


PUERTO RICO, Yhdysvaltoihin kuuluva itsehallintoalue
Puerto Ricon pohjoisosat saivat kokea jonkin verran Irman myrskyjä ja puhelinyhteyksiä on poikki.Puerto Ricoon on evakuoitu ihmisiä niin St Maartenilta kuin esim Brittiläisiltä Neitsytsaarilta.

According to the Puerto Rico Tourism Company (PRTC), major tourism infrastructure and attractions are operational and the island continues to welcome new visitors.

Flights to and from Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport have resumed. Puerto Rico's port is operational.

Condado Plaza Hilton suffered only minor damage, while the El San Juan Hotel received minimal damage and is working to re-open as soon as the power is restored. The El Conquistador Resort is operational and working on getting all amenities back to normal. The clean-up of the areas in under way and some minor damage is being attended to. The Las Casitas Village will reopen when electricity is restored.

The InterContinental San Juan, Hyatt House San Juan, Hyatt Place San Juan City Center, Hyatt Residence Club Dorado, Wyndham Garden at Palmas del Mar and the Wyndham Grand Rio Mar are all open and operating



ANGUILLA, Britannian merentakainen alue
Pahasti vaurioitunut.
The island experienced one fatality, and the main water supply was significantly damaged, along with critical infrastructure such as the hospital, airport, fire station, police station, government buildings and utilities. The airport runway has been cleared of debris, and the British government is coordinating recovery efforts.
The tourism sector has been seriously damaged on Anguilla, according to the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency. Quintessence Hotel, which was expected to reopen Nov. 1, took a beating by the hurricane, so those plans have been delayed.
Quintessence Hotel will delay its Nov. 1 reopening until further notice.
Sandals Grande Antigua sustained superficial damage, and will remain closed until reopening on the previously scheduled date of Dec. 20, 2017.
Carimar Beach Club, CeBlue Villas & Beach Resort, Fountain Anguilla, Malliouhana  Resort, and Zemi Beach House all suffered some damage but anticipate reopening soon.
CuisinArt Golf Resort & Spa and The Reef by CuisinArt took a serious blow from Irma and will update patrons regarding its rebuilding efforts on its website and social media.
Sunset Homes Properties’ Spyglass Hill
anticipates reopening Nov. 1.

 

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
Antigua ja Barbuda itsenäistyi 1981, mutta Englannin monarkki on yhä maan valtionpäämies.
Barbudan saari vahingottui myrskyssä täysin. Kaikki vajaa 2000 asukasta on evakuoitu Antiguan saarelle.

Barbudalla oli vielä muutama vuosi sitten superluksushotelli K-Club, jossa mm prinsessa Diana poikineen vieraili.  2015 näyttelijä Robert de Niro australialaisen biljonääriystävänsä ames Packerin  kanssa vuokrasi alueen ja heidän tarkoituksenaan oli avata paikalla Paradise Found Nobu Resort vuonna 2018, De Niron intresseissä tietenkin on saada valtio raiteilleen ja hän tekee työtä jälleenrakentamisen aikaansaamiseksi.

This two-island nation, which has been struggling since 2009 amid the recession, depends heavily on tourism. Antigua, the Caribbean Tourism Organization said, was spared the worst of Irma. Its V.C. Bird International Airport is open and most hotels (including Carlisle Bay, Cocos Hotel and Keyonna Beach Resort), restaurants and businesses were largely unscathed. Cleanup efforts are underway.
Barbuda, Antigua’s little sister 28 miles to the north, on the other hand, is in ruins. Gaston Browne, the prime minister, has said that 95 percent of the island’s properties were damaged or destroyed. Cell towers snapped. The Barbuda Codrington Airport is unable to accommodate flights. “It is absolutely heart-wrenching,” Prime Minister Browne said on CNN.
Barbuda’s hotels were also damaged, yet as there were less than 100 rooms on the island, the overall effect on tourism is minimal, the Caribbean Tourism Organization said.
Barbuda’s population is much smaller than Antigua’s, though its unspoiled land made it an attractive getaway.

 

BVI – BRITTILÄISET NEITSYTSAARET
British Virgin Islands

Joista isoimmat: Anegada, Jost Van Dyke, Tortola ja Virgin Gorda
Myrskyssä saanut paljon vaurioita.

Damage to the British Virgin Islands was widespread across all the islands, and a mandatory daily curfew from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. came into effect Saturday.

“The destruction caused by Hurricane Irma in the British Virgin Islands has been devastating,” said Sharon Flax-Brutus, the director of tourism for the islands, adding that “the destination has lost entire structures and many homes are without roofs, or have been diminished to merely foundations.”

The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency was reporting four fatalities as of late Sunday night. Images of the islands showed the Bitter End Yacht Club on Virgin Gorda, which was closed during the storm, pulverized into piles of debris. On Tortola, the largest and most populated island, white boats were heaped atop one another among the shore’s rubble by a wave surge.
Peter Island Resort & Spa and Scrub Island both reported that all guests and associates were safe. Rosewood Little Dix Bay was closed for renovation during the storm, and Sugar Mill Hotel will reopen Oct. 14.
Billionaire businessman Richard Branson, who weathered the storm at his home on private Necker Island, near Virgin Gorda, told The Associated Press that entire houses had disappeared and the area was “completely and utterly devastated.”
The British Government has been coordinating humanitarian relief efforts and a cleanup operation being conducted by hundreds of troops. The Terrence B. Lettsome International Airport and main roads in the Road Town area and outskirts of the capital have been cleared of debris. The airport is in limited operation.
The British Overseas Territory received significant damage but many hotels report that they can reopen shortly. The Anegada Reef Hotel said it was “fine”.

 

CUBA
Kuubassa Irma iski pohjoisrannikolle aiheuttaen tuhoa mm Cayo Cocossa, Santa Clarassa, Varaderossa ja Havannassa.

The Associated Press reported 5,000 of tourists were evacuated from Cuban beach resorts during the storm.
Thomas Cook is continuing to evacuate its customers from the island, the northern coast of which was hit badly by Irma. The operator said it was offering customers due to travel to Cayo Coco up to the end of October free cancellations or rebookings. Thomas Cook said the Cayos, a popular holiday destination, had received “considerable damage” and that it was reviewing the status of its hotels in Havana.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Punta Cana International Airport has resumed normal operations.The area's hotel industry is reporting no major damage.The Dominican Republic was left relatively untouched by Irma, with only reports of damaged homes and flooded streets in Cabarete and Sosúa. Tourist destinations are up and running as usual, with airports, roads and ports operating without interruption, according to the Dominican Ministry of Tourism. Public services, such as water and electricity, are functioning in tourist areas.

“Hotels and resorts are back to normal and welcoming tourists,” Tourism Minister Francisco Javier García said. “Thanks to God and to the application of well-planned security and prevention protocols, no tourist or hotel center suffered any serious damage.”

 

St. KITTS AND NEVIS 

Itsenäinen Brittiläisen Kansanyhteisön jäsenmaa.
Both St. Kitts' Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport and Nevis' Vance W. Amory International Airport have reopened.

The Four Seasons Resort Nevis and the Hermitage Inn reported no structural damage. The Great House and Cottages at Nisbett Plantation Beach Club received damage to the Sea Breeze Beach Bar, the decking and the beach.

ST BARTHELEMY (St Barts)

hallinnollisesti Ranskan merentakainen yhteisö.
Hurrikaani Irma tuhosi saaren rakennuskannan ja infrastruktuurin lähes kokonaan.

There is flooding throughout the destination and private homes and resorts are badly damaged. The airport remains closed.

ST. MARTIN/ST MAARTEN
Puoliiksi Hollannille, puoliksi Ranskalle kuuluva saari.
Pahoin tuhoutunut myrskyssä.

About 1,600 tourists have been evacuated and efforts are being made to move an additional 1,200, according to the Associated Press. The Princess Juliana International Airport has been receiving flights that are bringing in relief supplies, and evacuating guests.

Since Hurricane Irma made direct landfall over St. Martin, many of its resorts were left with significant damage, including The Beach Plaza, Hotel Mercure, the Oyster Bay Beach Resort, Westin Dawn Beach, and Hotel Riu Palace St. Martin.

Divi Little Bay Beach Resort, an all-inclusive located on a private peninsula between two bays in St. Maarten (Dutch territory), said via social media “at this time, the Resort will remain closed until we are able to fully assess the damage."

Sonesta’s three resorts – Sonesta Maho Beach Resort Casino & Spa, Sonesta Ocean Point Resort and Sonesta Great Bay Beach Resort & Casino – suffered extensive damage. All reservations through the end of they year are cancelled.

 

TURKS AND CAICOS
Yhdistyneeseen Kuninngaskuntaan kuuluva erillisalue.

Runsaasti hirmumyrskyn aiheuttamia tuhoja.

Providenciales International Airport (PLS) has been  reopened.
Irma caused extensive flooding across the Turks and Caicos Islands, with the water reaching above the waist in some areas. About 70 percent of homes sustained damage on Providenciales, the most populated island, and South Caicos, and half of homes suffered damage on Grand Turk Island.

Alexandra Resort, Blue Haven Resort and Beach House resorts sustained some wind and water damage due to the storm, and will be closed for arrivals through Oct. 8. The Beach House Turks & Caicos, The Sands at Grace Bay, and Le Vele Resort will reopen next month as well. 

Gansevoort Turks & Caicos, Club Med Turkoise, The Somerset on Grace Bay, and West Bay Club will all be closed for two months.

Beaches Turks & Caicos will not be accepting new arrivals until a thorough assessment of the property is completed.

 

The Bahamas
Bahamasaaret Atlantilla selvisivät myrskstä vähin vaurioin.

“The Bahamas is getting back to business as airports are open in Nassau, Grand Bahama Island and on nearly all Out Islands,” said the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism and Aviation. “Parts of the southern islands were more heavily impacted with damage ranging from cosmetic to severe structural damage.” However, the tourist board said the “majority of hotels and resorts throughout the Bahamas are operating as usual”.

 

KARIBIANMEREN RISTEILYT
Vaikka Floridan satamat ovat toiminnassa, niin Karibianmerellä monet saaret tuhoutuivat niin pahasti tässä hirmumyrskyssä, että jälleenrakennustyöt tulevat kestämään pitkään, eivätkä edes kaikki satamat ole avpinna. Näinollen risteily-yhtiöt joutuvat miettimään aluksilleen uusia reittejä Karibianmerellä.

 

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