(Worthy News) – Hurricane Irma achieved 40 hours as a Category 5 storm Wednesday evening as it swung through the Caribbean and heads towards Florida.
The National Hurricane Center issued an update Wednesday evening at 11 p.m. Eastern to say that Irma’s maximum sustained winds remains at 185 miles per hour. No new advisory had been issued as of midnight. [ Source (Read More…) ]
#Irma has now had winds of 185 mph for 33 hrs – no other TC around the globe has been this strong for so long in satellite era (since 1966). http://pic.twitter.com/RKorceW6nS
— Philip Klotzbach (@philklotzbach) September 7, 2017
Hurricane Irma ‘getting even better organized’ says National Hurricane Center scientist
Hurricane Irma appears to be “getting even better organized,” warned a National Hurricane Center scientist, suggesting that the Category 5 storm isn’t losing steam as it barrels through the Caribbean on Wednesday.
“Hard to believe but #Irma is getting even better organized on satellite during the last few hours- very disturbing,” tweeted Eric Blake said on his personal Twitter account in the early evening hours on Wednesday. [ Source (Read More…) ]
Most powerful Atlantic hurricane leaves trail of destruction
The tiny island of Barbuda, which has a population of 1,800, and was devastated.
Its Prime Minister Gaston Browne said: “Barbuda is literally rubble. The entire housing stock was damaged. It is just a total devastation.”
His government estimated destruction on Barbuda was “upwards of 90 per cent”. [ Source (Read More…) ]