my first random post for now : Hurricane Irma

Hurricane Irma
Hurricane Irma is blasting up the west coast of Florida after buffeting the city of Miami, with dangerous flooding along long stretches of coast.
It has been downgraded from category three to one but still has maximum sustained winds of 85mph (137km/h).
More than 3.4 million homes in the state are without power, with parts of the city of Miami are under water.
Three storm-related deaths have been reported and several areas have brought in curfews.
Irma cut a devastating track across 10 Caribbean countries and territories, killing at least 28 people there.
President Donald Trump has approved a major disaster declaration and emergency federal aid for Florida, describing the hurricane as a "big monster".

Where is the storm now?

At 06:00 GMT, the centre of the hurricane was about 25 miles (40km) north-east of Tampa, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
Some 3m people live in the Tampa Bay area. The region has not been hit by a major hurricane since 1921.



Irma is expected to weaken into a tropical storm over far northern Florida or southern Georgia later on Monday but first its centre will continue to move over the western Florida peninsula, the NHC said. 
A vehicle passes downed palm trees in Miami, Florida. Photo: 10 September 2017
The Tampa skyline is seen in the background as local residents (L-R) Rony Ordonez, Jean Dejesus and Henry Gallego take photographs after walking into Hillsborough Bay ahead of Hurricane Irma in Tampa, Florida, 10 September
Storm surge warnings are in effect for: 
  • The South Santee river southward to Jupiter Inlet
  • North Miami Beach southward around the Florida peninsula to the Ochlockonee river
  • The Florida Keys



  • Tampa Bay
Storm surge map

How did it arrive in Florida?

Irma made landfall on Marco Island off Florida's west coast at 15:35 local time (19:35 GMT) on Sunday, with winds of up to 120mph. 
After leaving the coast of Cuba, Irma had barrelled through the Florida Keys, a chain of low-lying islands to the south, on Sunday morning.
The whole of the southern tip of Florida has seen high winds, driving rain and storm surges.
About 2ft of water has been seen in Miami's financial district, where one major street resembled a river, but the worst damage is expected on the west coast. Two cranes have collapsed in high winds in the city.

How have residents felt the impact?

Media reports say a man was killed on Saturday in the Keys when his truck crashed into a tree as the outer bands of the storm arrived.
There are fears of further casualties in the Middle and Upper Keys,  the Miami Herald reports. 
Some 6.3 million people in the state were told to evacuate before the storm. 





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