Bahamas Hurricane Irma
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Bahamas hurricane irma. It hit the northern part of haiti and the dominican republic with 15 inches of rain. Nassau bahamas hurricane irma moved through the bahamas as an extremely dangerous category 4 storm early friday after its eye grazed the low lying turks caicos islands on its way to. Furthermore the size of the storm system meant that destruction was prevalent even in territories well removed from landfall.
It affected the turks and caicos islands and the eastern bahamas. The effects of hurricane irma in the bahamas were concentrated on five islands. This group of islands has about 54 906 individuals representing 16 per cent of the country s total population.
Irma left hundreds in puerto rico without power. Irma remained a category 5 hurricane with a wind of 175 mph. The storm passed over waters warmer than 86 degrees fahrenheit.
Hurricane irma is moving toward the west northwest at about 16 mph and this general motion. Hurricane irma s path was such that its impact was both far reaching and devastating with landfalls in antigua and barbuda saint martin the bahamas cuba and the united states all at major hurricane intensity. The total estimated damage of irma was us 32 3 million the losses us 86 9.
