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  2. Hurricane Irma - Wikipedia

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    Hurricane Irma's path was such that its impact was both far-reaching and devastating, with landfalls in Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Martin, the Bahamas, Cuba, and the United States, all at major hurricane intensity. Furthermore, the size of the storm system meant that destruction was prevalent even in territories well removed from landfall ...

  3. Effects of Hurricane Irma in Florida - Wikipedia

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    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. Irma developed from a ...

  4. Meteorological history of Hurricane Irma - Wikipedia

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    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 period, the hurricane's intensity had increased by 65 mph (105 km/h), a feat achieved only by about 1-in-30 Atlantic ...

  5. Hurricane Irma leaves 10 dead as it tears through Caribbean - AOL

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    The eye of Irma was moving west-northwest off the northern coast of the Dominican Republic, heading slightly north of Haiti, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.

  6. 50 hurricane facts that will blow you away - AOL

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    Hurricane Irma was the number one search term for all of 2017. • There have been as many as four hurricanes in the Atlantic basin concurrently. This happened in 1893 and 1998.

  7. The actual cost of Hurricane Irma may surprise you - AOL

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    While Hurricane Irma left a path of destruction in its wake, the damage of the storm could cost less than predicted.

  8. List of Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes - Wikipedia

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    Tracks of all known Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes between 1851 and 2024. Within the Atlantic Ocean to the north of the equator, hurricanes are officially monitored by the United States's National Hurricane Center (NHC), however, other meteorological services, such as Météo-France, the United Kingdom's Met Office and Environment Canada also monitor the basin.

  9. NASA releases breathtaking before and after images of ...

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    According to NASA, the brown satellite images may mean Irma ripped up most of the vegetation. The space agency also noted that "salt spray whipped up by the hurricane can coat and desiccate leaves ...