A member of the French Red Cross comforts a woman who was evacuated from the island of St. Martin after it was ravaged by Hurricane Irma, upon her arrival on Sept. 9, 2017 at the Pole Caraibes international airport on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. Hotel Mercure in St. Martin...
Irma 2017 9 "Cuba" 1932 918 mbar (hPa) 10 Michael 2018 919 mbar (hPa) Sources: HURDAT,[148] AOML/HRD,[149] NHC[150] With maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a central pressure of 919 mbar (27.14 inHg) at landfall, Michael was the most intense landfalling ma...
The 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season introduced a new watch and warning map focusing on potential storm surge for the United States coastlines. Currently watches extended for the Florida Keys and encompassing all of southern Florida. These watches will change to warnings as Irma comes closer. (Expected...
HURRICANE IRMA (2017) I’m writing this as Hurricane Irma – Cat 5 and the most powerful Atlantic storm yet – is wreaking havoc on its way through the northern Caribbean towards The Bahamas in general and Abaco in particular. The tracking path is changing daily, and it remains unclear whet...
Kevin Guthrie, executive director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management. said the state was preparing "for the largest evacuation that we have seen, most likely since 2017,Hurricane Irma." On Wednesday afternoon, the National Weather Servicesaid, "It's time to shelter-in-place from#Mi...
While the game may stay in Tampa, the Bucs likely will leave town regardless so they will not miss critical practice time. Back in 2017, Hurricane Irma canceled Tampa Bay’s opening day game and the team headed to North Carolina to practice while the storm was around the Tampa Bay area....
Severe storms such as Hurricane Irma, which made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane in southwest Florida (USA) on September 11, 2017, can cause the destruction of mangroves and other wetland habitat. Multispectral images from commercial satellites provide a means to assess the extent of the ...
Flooding and high winds are the primary causes of hurricane-inflicted loss of life and property damage. The flooding results from the coastal storm surge of the ocean and the torrential rains, both of which accompany the storm. The Saffir-Simpson scale
Hurricanes are common in the Caribbean. The hurricane season in the Dominican Republic is from June to October. The strongest in recent years were Irma and Maria, which in 2017 fell on the country within one month. But if these hurricanes almost completely destroyed the neighboring islands and ...
Satelliite image of hurricanes Katia, Irma and Jose in September 2017. Credit: UW-Madison CIMSS A new normal is taking shape as a warming planet is changing hurricane behaviors and patterns. Research over the last decade has shown alarming trends resulting in more destructive hurricanes. Global ...