Irma, then and now: Five years later

The Virgin Islands has transformed in the five years since it was devastated by Hurricane Irma on Sept. 6, 2017. Scroll down to compare scenes photographed shortly after Irma to the same scenes captured in the past two weeks. Photos by Freeman Rogers.

 

WATERFRONT DRIVE, ROAD TOWN

 

 

SIR OLVA GEORGES PLAZA

 

 

MAIN STREET

 

 

WATERFRONT DRIVE, BUSINESS DISTRICT

 

 

VANTERPOOL PLAZA PHARMACY

 

 

CUTLASS TOWER

 

 

RALPH T. O’NEAL ADMINISTRATION COMPLEX

 

 

VILLAGE CAY MARINA

 

 

PUSSER’S CO. STORE & PUB, ROAD TOWN

 

 

R&F DE CASTRO BUILDING, WATERFRONT DRIVE

 

 

CAPRICCIO DI MARE

 

 

THE BVI BEACON OFFICE

 

 

ROAD TOWN

 

 

J.R. O’NEAL BOTANIC GARDEN

 

 

HORSEPATH

 

 

PUSSER’S WEST END

 

 

WEST END HOUSES

 

 

CANE GARDEN BAY

 

 

QUITO’S GAZEBO, CANE GARDEN BAY

 

 

ROAD INTO APPLE BAY

 

 

CARROT BAY, FROM ABOVE

 

 

CARROT BAY