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French state electricity operator EDF technicians ready to board a helicopter to assess damages on the French Caribbean islands of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthelemy after they were hit by Hurricane Irma, on September 8, 2017, in Les Abymes, on the French overseas territory of Guadeloupe. High winds and bad weather disrupted emergency relief efforts for hurricane-hit islands in the Caribbean on September 8 as local authorities attempted to deliver aid and prevent looting. Two days after hurricane Irma swept over the eastern part of region, devastating thousands of homes, some islands braced for a second battering from hurricane Jose this weekend. Officials on the island of Guadeloupe, where French aid efforts are being coordinated, suspended boat crossings to the hardest-hit territories of St Martin and St Barthelemy where at least 10 people were killed by hurricane Irma on September 6. / AFP PHOTO / Helene Valenzuela (Photo credit should read HELENE VALENZUELA/AFP via Getty Images)