Search And Rescue Teams Gain Access To Storm Devastated Areas Of Florida

Search and rescue teams in Florida have been able to gain access to areas devastated by Hurricane Irma.

A quarter of all homes in Florida Keys are destroyed, while 10 million people in the state are without power.

The storm is known to have killed around 40 people in the Caribbean and at least 13 in southern US states.

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UK Foreign secretary Boris Johnson is expected to announced tens of millions of euro worth of aid during his visit to the British Caribbean islands, after criticism the UK government hasn’t done enough to support people there.

But Matthew Brown – who lives on the British Virgin Islands – says it’s too little, too late.