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ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA / GUTERRES HURRICANES
STORY: ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA / GUTERRES HURRICANES
TRT: 3:23
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 07 OCTOBER 2017, ST. JOHNS, ANTIGUA / CODRINGTON, BARBUDA
07 OCTOBER 2017, CODRINGTON, BARBUDA, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
1. Aerial shot, hurricane destruction
2. Med shot, Secretary-General António Guterres looking out airplane window
3. Aerial shot, hurricane destruction
4. Med shot, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres looking out airplane window
5. Pan left, Guterres descending from plane
6. Zoom in, Guterres and delegation walking amid destruction
7. Pan right, Guterres and delegation walking amid destruction
8. Close up, Variety store sign
9. Wide shot, destroyed variety store
10. Close up, car with broken windshield
11. Various shots, Guterres and Prime Minister Gaston Browne walking on the rubble
12. Pan right, rubble
13. Med shot, Guterres talking to resident of Barbuda
14. Various shots, Guterres and delegation walking through town
15. Tilt down, from horses to destroyed public phone
16. Pan right, from destroyed office to Barbuda Council sign
17. Various shots, destroyed classroom
07 OCTOBER 2017, ST. JOHNS, ANTIGUA / ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
18. Various shots, Guterres visiting displaced residents of Barbud
19. Med shot, Guterres and Brown sitting for press conference
20. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Even if, we always had hurricanes and storms, we have now hurricanes and storms with a much higher frequency and a much higher intensity. And there is a clear link between the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, namely CO2, but not only CO2, the temperature of the water and the intensity of the rainstorms and the different hurricanes in this region and in other parts of the world.”
21. Med shot, Guterres and Brown sitting for press conference
22. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“It’s how a storm of this magnitude can transform a paradise into hell. That’s what I felt.”
23. Med shot, end of presser
Having seen first-hand the destruction wrought by the recent hurricanes in the island of Barbuda, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday called for the full mobilization of the international community to support the people of the affected areas, while stressing the need to accelerate climate action.
Hurricane Irma, which struck the island in early September, had winds of 300 km per hour for 37 hours – the longest such period ever recorded.
Guterres surveyed the damage from the air and walked through the almost deserted streets of Codrington town where he met with some of the returnees.
The island’s 1,600 residents were evacuated to Antigua before Hurricane Irma struck last month. In Antigua, many of the displaced are staying in shelters, while others with family and friends. Some residents have been traveling back to Barbuda to check on their homes and lands.
Later in the day, Guterres visited the displaced at a shelter in Saint John, capital of the the two-island nation.
At a later press conference with Prime Minister Gaston Browne, the Secretary-General cited “a clear link” between the level of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere, including CO2, the temperature of the water and the intensity of the rainstorms and of the different hurricanes in the region and in other parts of the world.
He said “it’s how a storm of this magnitude can transform a paradise into hell. That’s what I felt.”
Since the disasters struck, the UN and partners have delivered relief by both air and the sea, reaching thousands across the region with food, water purification tablets, water storage tanks, tents, school kits, mosquito nets and cash assistance. They also launched a $113.9 million appeal to cover humanitarian needs for the immediate period ahead. The UN family is also supporting those staying in the shelters.
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