Hurricane Irma Path Bahamas
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.
Hurricane irma path bahamas. Irma left hundreds in puerto rico without power. It hit the northern part of haiti and the dominican republic with 15 inches of rain. Bahamas cuba and florida in path of hurricane hurricane irma has left cuba and is on track to reach florida and the usa this morning.
Irma was a long lived cape verde hurricane that reached category 5 intensity on the saffir simpson hurricane wind scale. It affected the turks and caicos islands and the eastern bahamas. Where is irma now.
Bahamas and usa could be in path of next hurricane the nhc forecast discussion yesterday said the tropical cyclone will keep moving in a clockwise loop over the next several days. As irma began to approach the northern leeward islands on september 4 th and 5 th the hurricane rapidly intensified while moving over warmer water and into a more moist atmosphere the storm became a rare category 5 hurricane on september 5 th with maximum sustained winds of 185 mph this made irma the strongest hurricane ever observed in the open atlantic ocean and one of only 5 hurricanes. Hurricane irma a category 5 storm which ripped through the caribbean islands on its way to.
Furthermore the size of the storm system meant that destruction was prevalent even in territories well removed from landfall. Hurricane irma forecast discussion 000 wtnt41 knhc 061448 tcdat1 hurricane irma discussion number 30 nws national hurricane center miami fl al112017 1100 am ast wed sep 06 2017 the eye of irma passed over barbuda st. Martin this morning and will be moving over portions of the british and u s.
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. Irma remained a category 5 hurricane with a wind of 175 mph. The storm passed over waters warmer than 86 degrees fahrenheit.
Hurricane irma a potentially catastrophic category 5 hurricane is tracking north of the dominican republic this morning and will then head for the turks and caicos and the bahamas before posing.
