'There Is No Home to Go Back to.' Hurricane Irma Flattens Barbuda

The Caribbean is no stranger to hurricanes, and so when Hurricane Irma struck on Tuesday night plenty on the island of Barbuda hunkered down to see it through. Elessa [f500link]Harris[/f500link], 22, said she knew this storm was different when she saw her "roof being lifted up by the winds." In panic, she fled to a neighbors' home as winds of up to 185 miles per hour buffeted the eastern Caribbean Island. She emerged on Wednesday to a changed world: Her entire village had been destroyed.