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Eight years on, while memories may be close to hand, home insurance for many on Barbuda and other islands in the Caribbean's hurricane belt is more prohibitively expensive than ever.

The equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane, Ragasa is the world's strongest storm this year and has been roaring over the South China Sea for days.

Hurricane Gabrielle is only the second major hurricane of the Atlantic hurricane season, forming less than a week ago in the mid tropical Atlantic.

A super typhoon in the equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane.

At one point the Avontuur has to take evasive action to avoid a hurricane and sails as far north as Newfoundland - off the coast of Canada.