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Is the island of Anguilla getting the Irma aid it needs?

Season 2017 Episode 1163 | 3m 59s

When Hurricane Irma shattered islands across the Caribbean, one of the hardest hit was Anguilla, where residents in need of food, water, fuel and electricity received the first major delivery of aid from Britain six days after the storm hit. Alex Thomson of Independent Television News reports on how the island is managing and what the disaster says about the island’s relationship to Britain.

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