Tag: British Overseas Territories

29th November 2018

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by Ben Merrick

Director of Overseas Territories

Ben Merrick: dealing with Mother Nature’s destruction after Hurricane Irma

When the people of the British Virgin Islands went to sleep on 5 September 2017, they knew a very large storm was approaching. But nothing could have prepared them for the devastation they would experience when Hurricane Irma made landfall the next day. The once crystal clear, turquoise waters would churn with debris and across […]

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