At peak intensity Hurricane Irma has sustained winds of 185 miles per hour.
As of September 5, 2017, Hurricane Irma is a major category 5 hurricane currently threatening areas including the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba, and Florida. With sustained winds of 185 miles per hour it is one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes ever recorded and is extremely dangerous. Damage in some areas will likely be catastrophic.
Hurricane Hannah Hurricane Ike Hurricane Josephine Hurricane Katrina These are just a few. It would be impossible to list them all as there have been hundreds of hurricanes since naming started and even more unnamed before that. See the links below for some of the names, though on the first some of the names have yet to be used.
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As of 2:00 PM on September 9, 2017 Hurricane Irma is a category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 125 mph. It has weakened from its earlier intensity as a category 5. Irma is expected to reintensify into a category 4 storm before hitting Florida.
Extrely high winds. They not only destroy structures with wind, but turn ordinary objects into projectiles. The winds also create a "storm surge", where the winds pile water up and cause flooding- as deep as 15 feet more than usual high tides.
Hurricane Irma first became a tropical storm on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. On Thursday, August 31, 2017, Irma was officially upgraded to hurricane status.
Jose is another hurricane behind Irma. It most likely will not hit the US but will go out into the Atlantic.
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As of September 5, 2017, Hurricane Irma is a major category 5 hurricane currently threatening areas including the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba, and Florida. With sustained winds of 185 miles per hour it is one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes ever recorded and is extremely dangerous. Damage in some areas will likely be catastrophic.
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Not significantly. Hurricane Irma is expected to remain north of Cuba and turn north toward Florida.Jamaica will likely get some rain.
As of 2:00 PM on September 9, 2017 Hurricane Irma is centered just north of western Cuba and is expected to move north toward the Florida Keys.
Alabama will probably feel some effects from Hurricane Irma. The storm is expected to make landfall in Florida and will probably move into Alabama as a tropical storm or low-level hurricane, bringing risks of flooding and possibly tornadoes.