https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The French-Dutch island of St Martin, where white sands and turquoise waters once drew foreign visitors in droves, is now attracting a different kind of population: rats and mosquitoes. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170917/frances-hurricane-hit-st-martin-on-guard-for-health-threats Sun, 17 Sep 2017 08:16:32 +0200 frances-hurricane-hit-st-martin-on-guard-for-health-threats French President Emmanuel Macron travelled Tuesday to the hurricane-hit Caribbean, rebuffing criticism over the relief efforts as European countries boost aid to their devastated island territories. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170913/returning-life-to-normal-is-the-absolute-priority-macron-visits-caribbean-in-wake-of-hurricane-irma Wed, 13 Sep 2017 11:33:50 +0200 returning-life-to-normal-is-the-absolute-priority-macron-visits-caribbean-in-wake-of-hurricane-irma About 400 exhausted and traumatised survivors of Hurricane Irma, which pummelled Caribbean islands last week, arrived in France and the Netherlands on Monday aboard military planes. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170912/hundreds-of-hurricane-irma-survivors-arrive-in-france-netherlands Tue, 12 Sep 2017 16:14:21 +0200 hundreds-of-hurricane-irma-survivors-arrive-in-france-netherlands French President Emmanuel Macron traveled Tuesday to the hurricane-hit Caribbean, to join the Dutch king who has expressed shocked over the devastation on the worst-hit territories. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170912/macron-arrives-in-hurricane-hit-caribbean Tue, 12 Sep 2017 14:59:45 +0200 macron-arrives-in-hurricane-hit-caribbean A crime wave on the Franco-Dutch Caribbean holiday island of St Martin, five days after hurricane Irma ripped through, has everyone on edge. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170911/french-caribbean-fear-and-looting-grip-tense-saint-martin-in-wake-of-hurricane-irma Mon, 11 Sep 2017 17:27:31 +0200 french-caribbean-fear-and-looting-grip-tense-saint-martin-in-wake-of-hurricane-irma Ravaged by Hurricane Irma, Saint Martin and Saint Barts escaped a further battering by Jose, which had "markedly less" of an impact on the two Caribbean islands than anticipated, France's meteorological agency said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170910/blasted-by-hurricane-irma-french-caribbean-spared-by-jose Sun, 10 Sep 2017 15:03:01 +0200 blasted-by-hurricane-irma-french-caribbean-spared-by-jose The ravaged French Caribbean islands of Saint Martin and Saint Barts braced Saturday for a second potentially devastating hurricane as shellshocked residents scrambled for safety while air and sea links were severed. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170909/hurricane-irma-jose-french-caribbean-islands-brace-for-new-hurricane Sun, 10 Sep 2017 00:11:49 +0200 hurricane-irma-jose-french-caribbean-islands-brace-for-new-hurricane Hurricane Irma has wreaked an estimated €1.2 billion ($1.4 billion) worth of damage in the Caribbean territories of St Martin and St Barts, French state-owned reinsurer CCR said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170909/hurricane-irma-caribbean-damage-estimated-at-10-billion Sat, 09 Sep 2017 15:08:18 +0200 hurricane-irma-caribbean-damage-estimated-at-10-billion High winds and foul weather disrupted emergency relief efforts for hurricane-hit islands in the Caribbean on Friday as local authorities attempted to deliver aid and prevent looting. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170909/hurricane-irma-bad-weather-and-looting-halt-french-aid-efforts-in-caribbean Sat, 09 Sep 2017 07:58:40 +0200 hurricane-irma-bad-weather-and-looting-halt-french-aid-efforts-in-caribbean Hurricane Irma - one of the most powerful Atlantic storms on record - ripped through the Caribbean on Wednesday leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170908/in-pictures-hurricane-irma-leaves-trail-of-destruction-in-french-caribbean Fri, 08 Sep 2017 19:34:04 +0200 in-pictures-hurricane-irma-leaves-trail-of-destruction-in-french-caribbean The hurricane killed nine, while seven are still missing in the French Caribbean islands, France's Interior Minister Gerard Collomb has said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170908/french-caribbean-hurricane-irma-toll-rises-to-8-dead-on-st-martin-island Fri, 08 Sep 2017 18:43:00 +0200 french-caribbean-hurricane-irma-toll-rises-to-8-dead-on-st-martin-island