October 2017, the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) were actively in a state of recovery and rebuilding following the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Irma, which struck the archipelago on September 7–8, 2017. Irma slammed into the territory as a ferocious Category 5 storm, closely followed by Hurricane Maria just two weeks later on September 21–22, compounding the initial destruction across the entire island chain