Aerial view of Orient Bay showing the intense destruction of buildings and landscapes.
Subject: French side
Sunken boats in Simpson Bay Lagoon
Several of the 1,200 large boats damaged and sunk by Hurricane Luis in Simpson Bay lagoon, once considered the safest lagoon in the case of hurricanes in the Lesser Antilles.
Boarded stores in Marigot
In anticipation of Hurricane Luis, owners of luxury stores boarded up their windows.
Flooded street
The aftermath of Hurricane Irma on the French side.
Grand-Case airport after Hurricane Luis
Grand-Case airport was heavily damaged by Hurricane Luis. Relief had to be sent through the international Princess Juliana airport on the Dutch side.
Cleaning day in Marigot following Luis
A woman and a child saving their goods
Survivors of Hurricane Luis gather what they can from the wreckage, to find supplies to survive and start to rebuild.
Cité Popo, the day after
Cité Popo was deeply impacted by Hurricane Luis. On September 22, 1995, the French government destroyed the entire shantytown and it was never rebuilt.
Trump’s Villa, Lowlands
Unlike much of the island, which was severely damaged during Hurricane Irma in 2017, President Trump’s villa was nearly unscathed.
Birds on leafless trees after Hurricane Luis
Birds gather above the devastation of the hurricane, on trees that have had all their leaves stripped.
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