Key Points
- Hurricane Irma is ‘wider than our entire state’, warns Florida governor
- Jose upgraded to Category 4 hurricane as it heads to islands already destroyed by Irma
- Storm on course to ‘devastate the US’
- Island of Barbuda ‘totally demolished’
- Pictures show devastation wrought on Caribbean by strongest storm in Atlantic history
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Miami homeless taken off streets -- against their will!
South Beach Turns Ghost Town...
One of largest mass exoduses in nation's history...
Millions Expected To Lose Power...
AP: Nature 'has just gone nuts'...
The most powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane in recorded history has killed at least 14 people after tearing through the Caribbean, and is now on course to “devastate the United States”, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has warned.
Hurricane Irma is now heading towards Florida, which is on high alert, with authorities ordering half a million people to evacuate. The Carolinas and Georgia have also declared emergencies.
The Category 5 storm, had maximum sustained wind speeds of 185mph on Thursday, according to the US National Hurricane Centre.
It was downgraded to a Category 4 with 150mph winds on Friday but remains “extremely dangerous.”
The storm, of “nuclear” ferocity, has churned along a path through the Lesser Antilles and Puerto Rico, and towards the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba. Residents of Florida are preparing for a potential hit over the weekend. Irma’s eye passed directly over the island of Barbuda, meaning its inhabitants were twice subjected to the fastest winds.
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Hurricane Irma’s predicted path continues to inch west as the massive storm, still armed with 155 mph winds, approaches Florida.
The National Hurricane Center’s latest track brings the Category 4 hurricane into southwest Florida, up the state a tad west of the center region, and further east than earlier forecasts.
However, the margin of error is still large enough that the entire state may get Irma’s powerful core.
Researchers have calculated that Friday has had the most hurricane activity in the history of the Atlantic region.
Scientists use a measurement called Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) to give a good snapshot of hurricane activity because it combines storms’ wind speeds and how long they spin at such speeds.
With Irma and Jose Category 4 storms and Katia knocking on the door Category 3, Colorado State University hurricane expert Phil Klotzbach calculated that the entire day — based on universal time — Friday had an ACE of 16. That beat out the region’s record of 14.3 set on Sept. 11, 1961. Thursday now ranks third for ACE with 14.2 and Wednesday ranks fourth at 14.1.
“I can’t keep up with all the records,” says Mr Klotzbach, who keeps numerous hurricane records.






Weather Warfare…….more to come!
Hi Grant,
I don’t disagree, but my own conclusions are the sovereign hand of GOD letting or allowing the hand of Man to bring judgement on the USA.