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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Natricia Duncan

Solitary wooden house on Union Island escapes fury of Hurricane Beryl

Yellow building with a mauve roof, still standing, surrounded by debris
Joseph Franklyn’s is the only plywood house that survived destruction on Union Island Photograph: Thalia Parker-Baptiste/SDA

On the island of Union in St Vincent and the Grenadines, where the category 4 Hurricane Beryl caused “Armageddon-like” destruction, demolishing more than 90% of the buildings, there is a solitary wooden house standing defiantly among the wreckage.

A picture of the quaint yellow building with a mauve roof, bafflingly out of place among an array of debris and roofless structures, has been shared more than 500 times on Facebook. In a deeply religious country where more than 80% of the population are Christians, it has triggered a debate about whether its survival is a miraculous message from God.

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