The highest possible level, and has in its path a string of caribbean islands, puerto rico, haiti, cuba, and then florida. The National Hurricane centre in miami is recording sustained winds of nearly 300 kilometres, more than 186 miles an hour. A state of emergency has been declared in florida, puerto rico and the us Virgin Islands. Sarah corker has the latest on preparations for the most powerful atlantic storm in a decade. Lets get more on the expected track of Hurricane Irma. Heres stav danaos from the bbc weather centre. The caribbean is bracing itself for one of the strongest hurricanes ever to develop in the atlantic. Hurricane urma became a powerful category five storm late on tuesday and its continuing itsjourney westwards during wednesday. Could be some devastation to the leeward islands, and it continues to move westards in towards haiti, Dominican Republic and eventually towards cuba by thursday and friday. This storm really means business, its an extremely dangerous storm
Hurricane irma has strengthened to a category 5 storm, the highest possible level, and has in its path a string of caribbean islands, puerto rico, haiti, cuba, and then florida. The National Hurricane centre in miami is recording sustained winds of nearly 300 kilometres, more than 186 miles an hour. A state of emergency has been declared in florida, puerto rico and the us Virgin Islands. Sarah corker has the latest on preparations for the most powerful atlantic storm in a decade. This is the view of Hurricane Irma from space. Its expected to be one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the atlantic basin. Images released by nasa show its heading towards several caribbean islands, bringing with it 185 mph winds and torrential rain. Puerto rico will be one of the first to be hit. People there arent taking any chances, securing their homes and stocking up on essentials. Hurricane irma is on a collision course with popular holiday destinations like antigua and st martin. With st