英法保證向加勒比海颶風災區提供更多幫助

Emergency workers and National Guard troops are working to find those left stranded in the Florida Keys by Hurricane Irma, while France and Britain pledge to boost their response to those hit by the storms in their territories in the Caribbean.

French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting Saint Martin and Saint Barthelemy on Wednesday, a day after arriving in Guadeloupe where he acknowledged the angry response some people have to what they see as inadequate help from France. Macron promised more supplies and security forces for the islands.

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is touring Wednesday in Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands, two places that took hard hits from Irma last week when it was a powerful Category 5 storm. He also said more security forces and "huge quantities of supplies" were coming, and that he expects Prime Minister Theresa May to announce further aid on Wednesday.

The United Nations is airlifting food and other vital relief to the islands of Antigua, St. Martin, and the Turks and Caicos.

The hurricane killed at least 37 people in the Caribbean and devastated the islands, including Barbuda, which has evacuated all of its citizens to Antigua.

A further 12 deaths have been linked to Irma in the U.S. state of Florida, and a total of six others in Georgia and South Carolina.

The Florida Keys were the hardest-hit area on the U.S. mainland. In addition to rescue operations there, National Guard troops are also working to clear roads and runways in order to allow deliveries of life-saving supplies to the island chain.

The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Brock Long, said that according to preliminary estimates, 25 percent of homes were destroyed and 65 percent sustained major damage.

"Basically, every house in the Keys was impacted in some way or another," Long said.緊急救援人員和國民警衛隊努力尋找被颶風艾瑪困在佛羅里達羣島上的災民。與此同時，法國和英國保證，要向加勒比海法屬和英屬地區提供更多的支援。

法國總統馬卡龍星期三前往聖馬丁和聖巴泰勒米島視察。一天前，馬卡龍在瓜德羅普承認，有人認爲法國提供的幫助不夠，因此感到氣憤。馬卡龍保證要向受災的島嶼提供更多供給和保安部隊。

英國外交大臣約翰遜星期三在安圭拉和英屬維京羣島視察，這兩個島嶼上週都受到了5級颶風艾瑪的重創。約翰遜也表示，更多的安全部隊和“大量供給”馬上就到，他預計英國首相特蕾莎·梅星期三將宣佈提供更多的援助。

聯合國正向安提瓜島、聖馬丁島以及特克斯和凱科斯羣島空運食物和最基本的救災物資。

颶風艾瑪在加勒比海造成至少37人喪生，對各島嶼造成重大破壞，其中包括巴布達島，那裏的居民已經全部撤離到安提瓜。

美國佛羅里達州據信有12人死於颶風艾瑪，喬治亞州和南卡羅萊納州也共有6人喪生。

佛羅里達羣島是美國受災最嚴重的地區。除了搜救工作外，國民警衛隊還在努力清理道路和機場跑道，以便救命的供給物資可以順利運達。

美國聯邦緊急事務管理署負責人布洛克·朗說，據初步估計，四分之一的建築都摧毀，65%受到了嚴重破壞。

布洛克·朗說：“總的來說，羣島上的每一棟房子都多多少少受到了影響。”