The government of the US Virgin Islands is extending its gratitude to its cruise and airline partners for transporting visitors and residents out of the district of St. Thomas and St. John following the passage of Hurricane Irma.

Cuban authorities are making big efforts to recover the tourism industry, the most dynamic sector of the island's economy, which was seriously hit by devastating hurricane Irma a week ago.

The depression is one of two weather systems that have emerged from the coast of Africa and are being monitored by the National Hurricane Center.

Sunwing is cancelling its St. Maarten flights out of Toronto and Montreal right through until April 30, 2018, putting its program to the popular Caribbean destination on hold for the fall/winter 2017-2018 season.

The British Virgin Islands took a beating from Hurricane Irma, particularly Tortola, the main island of the 50-island chain, as well as Virgin Gorda and Jost Van Dyke.

St. Thomas and St. John took a catastrophic blow from Hurricane Irma, and it will take a long while for those Caribbean islands to bounce back.