The NHC expects an additional inch of rain in the Florida Keys, and another 1 to 3 inches in central Florida. If ordered to evacuate, do so immediately! *ALERT: There is imminent danger of life-threatening, CATASTROPHIC storm surge for SW #Florida. The National Hurricane Center suggests that if the storm surge hits at high tide, water levels could rise 2-4 feet above ground from Cape Sable to Captiva and in and around Tampa Bay, 3-5 feet from Captiva to Ana Maria Island, 1-2 feet from North Miami Beach to Cape Sable including the Florida Keys, 4-6 feet on the east coast of Florida from South Santee River to Fernandina Beach, 4-feet on the west coast of the state from Clearwater Beach to Ochlockonee River, and 3-5 feet from Fernandina Beach to Jupiter Inlet. Many areas, including Miami and the southwest coast where the hurricane made landfall on Sunday, saw storm surges many feet high, which flooded roads and beached boats. #HurrcaneIrma #JoseHurricane /s6lKHKnWLX Dangerous flooding NASA satellite images show Hurricane #Irma's path from Aug. Part of what makes this storm so dangerous is its sheer size - hurricane-force winds still extend up to 60 miles from Irma's center, and tropical-storm-force winds extend up to 415 miles, according to the NHC.įlorida's peninsula is only about 140 miles across at its widest, so Irma engulfed the entire state.
Some hurricane-force gusts above 75 mph are still being reported in northern Florida. The winds have also been churning up tornadoes, and some counties in northeast Florida and southeast Georgia and South Carolina could face tornadoes. That's not an official designation, though. The scale goes up to 5, but if it had been extended to classify Irma's highest sustained wind speeds of 185 mph, the storm could have been considered Category 6 at one point. Irma is now a tropical storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale, which measures a hurricane's strength based on its wind speeds. While Hurricane Harvey brought devastating floods late last month, Irma's biggest threat has been its strong winds and storm surge. on Sunday as a Category 4 storm, and made another landfall at Marco Island, on the west coast, at 3:35 p.m. The NHC reports that Irma made landfall at Cudjoe Key, one of the lower Florida Keys, at 9:10 a.m. The National Hurricane Center said the hurricane was cruising northwest toward Georgia at 18 mph. ET on Monday, the tropical storm was battering northern Florida with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph. Hurricane Irma, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes ever recorded, started slamming the southeastern Caribbean islands early Wednesday as a Category 5 storm with devastating winds, heavy rains, and catastrophic storm surges.Īs of 8 a.m. The storm made landfall in the Florida Keys as a Category 4 on Sunday morning.īy Monday, it was a tropical storm heading for Georgia. Barthelemy, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Florida Keys, and southern Florida.
The storm caused severe damage in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Hurricane Irma started hitting the Leeward Islands, the chain of islands separating the Caribbean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean, early Wednesday.
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