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Posted: 2017-09-07T22:22:22Z | Updated: 2017-09-12T13:14:53Z

Check out HuffPosts Hurricane Irma live blog for the latest updates on the storm.

Hurricane Irma left behind death and destruction on several Caribbean islands after a nearly weeklong rampage across the region toward Florida.

At least 38 people in the Caribbean were killed and thousands of homes and businesses destroyed as maximum sustained winds of 185 mph wreaked havoc on residents and tourists alike.

Some islands, such as Puerto Rico and several southeastern islands of the Lesser Antilles, were spared direct hits, though they still incurred damage and casualties. In Barbados, a 16-year-old professional surfer was killed trying to catch a wave during the storm.

Here are the islands that were hit hardest by Irma:

Antigua and Barbuda

Hurricane Irma first made landfall early Wednesday on Antigua and Barbuda, a single Caribbean nation made up of its two namesake islands as well as a few smaller islands.

Antigua was largely spared from severe damage, while the eye of the hurricane passed directly over Barbuda, killing a 2-year-old boy along the way as his family sought refuge from the storm.

Irmas then-Category 5 winds destroyed about 95 percent of the islands infrastructure, a spokesman for the Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda told HuffPost on Monday.

Most of Barbudas roughly 1,600 residents have been evacuated to Antigua, the spokesman said, adding that the only people left on the tiny island are police.

There is nothing no water, no electricity, he said. Ive never seen a storm like this.

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Gordon Browne, the countrys prime minister, described the aftermath of Irma on Barbuda as total carnage.

It was easily one of the most emotionally painful experiences that I have had, Browne told BBC Radio Four.

St. Martin and St. Barts

St. Martin, an island controlled by France in the north and the Netherlands (Sint Maarten) in the south, was hit with extensive damage when Hurricane Irma made landfall around 6 a.m. Wednesday.

At least 10 people on the island were killed by the storm, reported The Associated Press . Over 100 people were injured, French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said Friday.

A St. Martin official told The New York Times on Wednesday night that 95 percent of the island is destroyed.