Hurricane Irma on path to hit Florida
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 9:01 am
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Hurricane Irma Strengthens to a Category 5 Storm. Bloomberg.
Florida declared a state of emergency before a possible hurricane strike after Irma strengthened to become a Category 5 storm on its approach to the Caribbean. Irma’s maximum winds rose as high as 175 miles an hour, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in an advisory on Tuesday. The storm is located about 270 miles east of the Caribbean island of Antigua and headed toward the Leeward Islands. “Irma becomes an extremely dangerous Category 5 hurricane,” the NHC said in the advisory. “Preparations should be rushed to completion in the hurricane warning area.” The threat to the southeastern U.S. comes less than two weeks after Hurricane Harvey smashed ashore in Texas, causing widespread damage, power outages and flooding and taking almost a fifth of U.S. refining capacity offline. The oil and natural gas markets are also keeping a close eye on the storm, worrying whether it could reach the important U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil region.
As of this morning Texas is not in the forecast path of Irma. However, the most likely path is now up the west coast of Florida.
Hurricane Irma Strengthens to a Category 5 Storm. Bloomberg.
Florida declared a state of emergency before a possible hurricane strike after Irma strengthened to become a Category 5 storm on its approach to the Caribbean. Irma’s maximum winds rose as high as 175 miles an hour, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in an advisory on Tuesday. The storm is located about 270 miles east of the Caribbean island of Antigua and headed toward the Leeward Islands. “Irma becomes an extremely dangerous Category 5 hurricane,” the NHC said in the advisory. “Preparations should be rushed to completion in the hurricane warning area.” The threat to the southeastern U.S. comes less than two weeks after Hurricane Harvey smashed ashore in Texas, causing widespread damage, power outages and flooding and taking almost a fifth of U.S. refining capacity offline. The oil and natural gas markets are also keeping a close eye on the storm, worrying whether it could reach the important U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil region.
As of this morning Texas is not in the forecast path of Irma. However, the most likely path is now up the west coast of Florida.