At least 368 Canadians are stranded across the Caribbean in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Jose.Government officials confirmed the number Monday, but said there could be more stranded Canadians who have not yet reached out for assistance. The majority of Canadians are in St. Martins and Turks and Caicos, with others scattered across the Bahamas, Antigua, Cuba, Dominican Republic, British Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and St. Barthelemy.“It is very hard for us to know the total number of Canadians affected, we can only go by the number of people who have reached out to us,” said Omar Alghabra, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The number of Canadians stranded in the U.S. will be determined in the next couple of days.West Jet and Air Canada will be providing flights out of St. Martin and Turks and Caicos Monday night. A military jet will be heading to the Caribbean later this week to pick up any Canadians left behind.Michael Moriarty is still in survival mode, days after being hit by Hurricane Irma in St. Maarten and the “pure anarchy” that followed.Moriarty and his wife are safe but shell-shocked following the hurricane.“It hasn’t stopped,” Moriarty told the Star on Monday. “We’re on high alert.”Now in Puerto Rico, Moriarty and his wife Meryl Zavitz expect to return to their Ajax home Monday evening.Read more:Weakened but still dangerous, Irma hammers Florida with wind, floodingLack of help from Ottawa riles Canadians stuck in CaribbeanPhotos: Hurricane Irma leaves trail of destruction in Caribbean, U.S. “There’s so many Canadians and other nationalities still stuck there. It’s appalling. The looting has gotten even worse.”Moriarty described looting and scarce food, water and medicine in St. Maarten, where they stayed at Simpson Bay Resort and Marina.“I can’t describe the dire situation that everyone there is left in. We got unb ...
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