Responses of populations for coping with an extreme event: Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy in the wake of hurricane Irma

The intense hurricane season of 2017 in the North Atlantic brought a number major hurricanes including Hurricane Irma (cat. 5), which landed on French islands St. Martin and Barthélemy. These two Overseas Collectivities, separated by distance some 20 kilometres, have very different territorial social characteristics. study reported this article is part scientific feedback conducted few weeks after Irma. approach to disaster within research framework aims characterise behaviour implications inhabitants experience event, placed context thanks narrative interviews administered situ. comparative reveals similar before during hurricane, but individual collective factors guided distinct post-event reactions.