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Hurricane Irma was an extremely ... Irma then weakened to Category 3 status, ... to talk with people impacted by Hurricane Irma. Sporadic reports of looting and ...
Hurricane Irma was the costliest tropical cyclone in the history of the U.S. state of Florida, before being surpassed by Hurricane Ian in 2022. Irma also was the first major hurricane [nb 1] to strike the state since Wilma in 2005 and the first Category 4 hurricane to make landfall in Florida since Charley in 2004.
The mid-level ridge to the north weakened slightly late on August 31, resulting in the storm curving west-northwestward. Irma underwent rapid intensification after reaching hurricane status, becoming a Category 2 hurricane at 18:00 UTC and then a Category 3 hurricane, becoming a major hurricane – around 00:00 UTC on September 1. In a 48-hour ...
With Irma set to become the second hurricane to hit the United States in as many weeks, Florida emergency management officials began evacuations, ordering tourists to leave the Florida Keys.
As Category 5 Hurricane Irma tears through the Caribbean on its path to Florida, another named storm is beginning to form in the Gulf of Mexico.
This category is for Hurricane Irma — a 2017 Category 5 Atlantic hurricane affecting: Cape Verde, Leeward Islands (especially Barbuda, Saint Barthelemy, ...
The last time there were back-to-back major hurricanes — Harvey and Irma in 2017 — the forecasts for the following month’s jobs report were for a loss of 33,000 positions.
The effects of Hurricane Irma in the British Virgin Islands were significant in terms of both human and socio-economic impact on the Territory. [1] Hurricane Irma struck the British Virgin Islands as a Category 5 hurricane during the daylight hours of Wednesday, 6 September 2017. [2] It caused widespread destruction, and killed a total of four ...