After Irma, 40 'high risk' prisoners escaped: Report

LONDON: Up to 40 'high risk' prisoners are feared to be on the run on the British Virgin Islands after escaping during Hurricane Irma, a government document has revealed. There have been widespread reports of looting on one of the islands, Tortola, after inmates broke out of a jail amid chaos during the 185mph storm. Photos of a British Cabinet Briefing paper have now revealed that officials are attempting to 'secure the transfer of the prisoners' to the island of St Lucia. It comes as pictures emerged of exhausted tourists being evacuated from the Dutch-French island of St Martin as part of a major international relief effort. Starving residents on the island have resorted to fighting each other for food while tourists queued at the airport and wept with relief as they were being evacuated from the destruction. Hundreds of holidaymakers are still trying to leave, with dozens lining up outside.