Hurricane Irma Whipping Up a Frenzy as It Regains Category 4 Strength, Prepares for Landfall in Florida
Hurricane Irma has regained strength to a Category 4 Storm, and is on course to make landfall on the United States mainland at around 07h00 Sunday morning. Winds of over 120km/hour were recorded late Saturday night in the Florida Keys as the storm uprooted palm trees and whipped up a tornado in a Fort Lauderdale […]
Hurricane Irma has regained strength to a Category 4 Storm, and is on course to make landfall on the United States mainland at around 07h00 Sunday morning.
Winds of over 120km/hour were recorded late Saturday night in the Florida Keys as the storm uprooted palm trees and whipped up a tornado in a Fort Lauderdale suburb. The centre of the storm, hurtling towards Florida as it leaves Cuba (where even the dolphin were evacuated), is over 190km/hour.
Irma was briefly downgraded to a Category 3 storm, but it was expected to increase to Category 4 as it passed over the Florida Straits.
Around 6.4 million people from different Florida zones have been ordered to evacuate.
While the storm has slightly changed course and is now predicted to hit the west coast – including Tampa – its mammoth size (over 600km wide) means Miami residents on the east coast have still been warned of possible hurricane winds, and a storm surge of between 4 to 6 foot. On the east coast, a storm surge of up to 15 foot has been predicted!
President Donald Trump tweeted: “The U.S. Coast Guard, FEMA and all Federal and State brave people are ready. Here comes Irma. God bless everyone!”
Hurricane Irma Videos as it Approaches the US mainland:
As #Irma approaches, the water level drops then rises. Miami beach showing 3ft drop. #HurricaneIrma pic.twitter.com/I7kF8ai0bh
— Information (@_Maxisnotmario) September 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/rightvoicenow/status/906716925119561729
This video is NOT confirmed. A couple of days ago, professional surfer Zander Venezia (16) died in Barbados whilst surfing swells caused by Hurricane Irma.
Almost 700,000 animals died in Hurricane Katrina. Don't leave your animals behind, take them to safety with you. #HurricaneIrma #Irma pic.twitter.com/wyo4PW2PwN
— the Stormogist (@TheStormoligist) September 9, 2017
Evacuated to #Toronto – webcam tonight catches strong winds and tree coming down on my home in #Miami @CBCToronto @CNN #HurricaneIrma #Irma pic.twitter.com/p285gO51Il
— Jeff Lewis 🏴 (@JeffLewis007) September 10, 2017
Bahamas where the ocean was literally emptied as far as the eye could see. The water has since started returning:
Waterspout/ tornado in Fort Lauderdale as Irma approaches… #hurricaneIrma #irma #severeweather pic.twitter.com/Ug1isayeSJ
— WEATHER/ METEO WORLD (@StormchaserUKEU) September 10, 2017