Hurricane Irma Florida Map
There were 1 5 million people who lost power.
Hurricane irma florida map. Hurricane irma was the most expensive storm in the history of the u s. The storm quickly became a hurricane on august 31 and then a major hurricane shortly thereafter but would oscillate in intensity over the next few days. Irma downgraded to a category 1 hurricane as it headed to tampa. State of florida irma developed from a tropical wave near the cape verde islands on august 30 2017.
Maximum sustained winds are 75 mph and central pressure is 965 mb on the 5 am edt nhc advisory. Image courtesy of uw cimms. Geological survey as they document how high water got during hurricane irma. 11 satellite ir image showing the center of hurricane irma as a minimal hurricane along the northwest florida coast just inland from cedar key early in the morning of september 11 th.
At the time it was considered as the most powerful hurricane on record in the open atlantic region outside of the caribbean sea and gulf of mexico. Irma made landfall as a category 4 hurricane in the florida keys and struck southwestern. Irma was a long lived cape verde hurricane that reached category 5 intensity on the saffir simpson hurricane wind scale. Hurricane irma has wreaked havoc on the caribbean after slamming though the area wednesday and thursday.
By september 4 irma resumed strengthening and became a powerful. 10 00 am cdt mon sep 21 location. With 130 mph winds irma barreled through the florida keys as a category 4 hurricane where the resulting storm surge caused water. Twelve million people were without power.
The catastrophic hurricane made seven landfalls four of which occurred as a category 5 hurricane across the northern caribbean islands. South atlantic water science center sawsc view all news. Wink tv in fort meyers florida follows a crew from the u s. Aviso publico 16 1000 am cdt.
Wnw at 7 mph min pressure. The track and intensity of hurricane irma. National hurricane center though the storm began to weaken after grazing the northern coast of cuba irma was still an incredibly powerful storm as it approached the u s. 11 2017 hurricane irma lost strength as it swept across florida and was downgraded to a tropical storm on monday.
Irma was downgraded to a tropical storm as it hit georgia. 996 mb max sustained. 50 mph public advisory 16 1000 am cdt. Hurricane irma was an extremely powerful cape verde hurricane that caused widespread destruction across its path in september 2017.
The florida keys received approximately 12 inches of rain and a 10 foot storm surge. Irma was the first category 5 hurricane to strike the leeward islands on record followed by maria two weeks later.
