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The word Irmageddon was coined soon after the hurricane to describe the damage caused by the hurricane. [3] Irma developed from a tropical wave near the Cape Verde Islands on August 30. Favorable conditions allowed Irma to rapidly intensify into a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson wind scale by late on August 31.
The flooding left about $5 million in damage. Irma destroyed 26 homes or businesses, severely damaged 45 structures, and wrought minor damage to 103 others. Public and property damage in Hernando County totaled about $6.1 million, with roughly $1.1 million caused by wind damage. Additionally, damage to citrus plants was estimated at $600,000.
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.
Guests returning to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida have been sharing images of the parks, showing some of the damage caused by Hurricane Irma.
Before making landfall in Florida on Sunday, Irma sucked water inward away from shorelines, leaving bays along the Gulf Coast practically dry. 'Once in a lifetime tidal event': Why Hurricane Irma ...
Hurricanes Ivan (2004) and Irma (2017) caused at least $1 billion in damage in four separate countries. In the 2010s, twelve storms caused at least $1 billion in damage. [ 6 ] Hanna was the first storm of the 2020s to become a billion dollar disaster.
While Hurricane Irma left a path of destruction in its wake, the damage of the storm could cost less than predicted.