Hurricane Irma flattens homes and causes power outages in the Caribbean.

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By Kate YoderSep 7, 2017, 3:44 pm269 pts
The deadly storm, the strongest ever recorded in the Atlantic, caused devastation throughout the eastern Caribbean on Wednesday and Thursday. On the tiny island of Barbuda — where the hurricane first made landfall — cell towers snapped under the force of 185-mile per hour winds, cutting off communication.…

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