Hurricane Irene blew over Nevis and screamed away to Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Cuba Before the hurricane, Nevis had been a green island with lots of ples. After the hur palm trees and fields of the island was brown. All the palm trees growing along the beaches, along the roads, and on the hills had been blown away by the wind. The marina was no longer there, and any boat left in the water had been smashed to pieces. All the houses in the coastal areas had been destroyed pineapple farmer, hurrying to check his fields, found that all his pineapples had been washed away by the storm wave. He also found a ten-meter boat lying in one of his fields. It was 500 meters from the sea. On Fig Tree Hill, it was impossible to drive along the roads. There were palm trees in the roads, and cars and buses and big trucks were lying on their sides. There were roofs of buildings that had blown off, broken glass everywhere, and all kinds of things which had been blown out of people's houses beds, tables, chairs and everything wet and dirty Many houses did not have roofs, and the wind had blown the walls away from others. There was no electricity on the island, and there was no water. All the telepho lines were down. It was impossible for people to call for an ambulance, and anyway it was impossible for ambulances to use the roads. People climbed slowly over things in the