15/09/2017

Hurricane Irma hit Florida, devastating the Florida Keys as a Category 4 storm. It lasted as a hurricane from August 31 until September 11. The storm, which stretched 650 miles from east to west. Irma's cloud field covered 300,000 square miles at its peak, which is bigger than the entire state of Texas.

Hurricane Irma caused widespread destruction across its path. Irma was the first Category 5 hurricane to strike the Leeward Islands on record. It caused widespread and catastrophic damage throughout its long lifetime, particularly in the northeastern Caribbean and the Florida Keys.  Irma  passed over Barbuda, damaging about 95% of the buildings on the island. The massive storm triggered evacuation orders for 5.6 million people before it made two landfalls.