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    3 Weeks After Irma Wrecked Barbuda, Island Lifts Mandatory Evacuation Order

    Barbuda was the first place Hurricane Irma made landfall as the Category 5 storm devastated a string of islands along the Caribbean earlier this month.
    by Bill Chappell Sep 29, 2017 2 minutes
    Residents of Barbuda were forced to flee when Hurricane Irma devastated their island on its way toward the Caribbean. Here, Jackeline Deazle, whose house lost its roof and windows, is seen at a shelter in the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium last week in North Sound, on Antigua. / Jose Jimenez / Getty Images

    Barbuda was the first place Hurricane Irma made landfall as the Category 5 storm devastated a string of islands in the Caribbean earlier this month. As of noon ET on Friday — 24 days after the storm destroyed much of the island — Barbuda's evacuation order .

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