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The ninth named storm, fourth hurricane, second major hurricane, [nb 1] and first Category 5 hurricane of the extremely active 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, Irma caused widespread and catastrophic damage throughout its long lifetime, particularly in the northeastern Caribbean and the Florida Keys.
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.
Hurricane Irma was an extremely powerful Cape Verde hurricane that caused extensive damage in the Caribbean and Florida. Lasting from late August to mid-September 2017, the storm was the strongest open-Atlantic tropical cyclone on record and the first Category 5 hurricane to strike the Leeward Islands.
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.
In early September 2017 Hurricane Irma swept across the Caribbean, causing catastrophic damage to the British Overseas Territories of Anguilla, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the British Virgin Islands. [1] On 7 September Theresa May, the British Prime Minister, announced £32 million had been allocated to a relief fund to support those affected.
Hurricane Irma. Hurricane Irma's death toll this week is at least 21 people after recently hitting Cuba and The Bahamas as a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph (250 km/h). (National Hurricane Center) Approximately 5.6 million people in the U.S. states of Florida and South Carolina have been asked to evacuate.
While Hurricane Irma left a path of destruction in its wake, the damage of the storm could cost less than predicted.
Disasters and accidents 2017 Atlantic hurricane season Hurricane Irma Hurricane Irma makes landfall in Cuba. The death toll across the Caribbean is at least 25 people, (CNN) (The New York Times) Hurricane Katia Hurricane Katia makes landfall in Mexico as a Category 1 hurricane, causing heavy damage and at least two deaths. (UPI) 2017 Chiapas earthquake The death toll in the earthquake that ...