Hurricane Irma & The Things It Left Behind

Hurricane Irma was an extremely powerful and catastrophic Cape Verde type hurricane, the most intense observed in the Atlantic since Dean in 2007. It was also the most intense Atlantic hurricane to strike the United... wikipedia.org. Areas affected: Eastern United States (especially Florida), Cape Verde, Leeward Islands (especially Barbuda, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Martin and the Virgin Islands), Greater Antilles, Turks and Caicos Islands, The Bahamas.

Hurricane Irma Is Stronger Than All of 2017’s Other Eight Atlantic Storms Combined. winds are stronger than if you were to add up all of the winds of the prior eight storms Atlantic storms together at maximum intensity.  

That’s just one shattering measure of the storm’s strength from meteorologist Phil Klotzbach, research scientist at Colorado State University’s Department of Atmospheric Science. Irma’s 185 mph winds make it the strongest storm on record in the Atlantic Ocean outside of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, according to Klotzbach’s research, which he shared with The Daily Beast.

“Most of the other storms this season were pretty weak and short-lived.  While Harvey was intense, it was intense for a short time period before making landfall,” Klotzbach said.