Hurricane Irma

The Aftermath

The Aftermath

In Highlands County, Florida, where the power went out for almost everyone, the days after Hurricane Irma are full of anguish. For the fourth straight day, people in this south-central Florida county faced sweltering heat without power.

How were Meteorologists involved

Meteorologists did give out warnings for hurricane irma. They said to everyone what category storm it will be when it hits and thaty kept a watch on it and updated the city.

Countries the Hurricane hit

Where the hurricane hit

The storm tracked northwest through the Caribbean, along Florida’s west coast and into Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, eventually dissipating over Tennessee. Here’s a timeline of Hurricane Irma’s path:

Wednesday, Sept. 6:

-Hit Antigua and Barbuda just before 2 a.m. Half of the 100,000 residents of Antigua and Barbuda have had their homes destroyed or heavily damaged.

-Hit St. Martin, Anguilla, St. Kitts, and Nevis around 8 a.m.

-Hit British Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico 2 p.m. The governor of Puerto Rico said electricity was restored to 144,000 homes in the days following.

Work Cited

Work cited

https://spaceplace.nasa.gov, april 21, 2018

https://www.cnn.com, april 19, 2018

https://www.npr.org, april 20, 2018

https://www.cnn.com, april 13, 2018

https://news.sky.com, april 13, 2018

How Hurricanes Form

"Tropical cyclones are like giant engines that use warm, moist air as fuel. That is why they form only over warm ocean waters near the equator. The warm, moist air over the ocean rises upward from near the surface. Because this air moves up and away from the surface, there is less air left near the surface."

How Hurricanes form

What Happened?

What Happened

"Hurricane Irma hit Florida as a Category 4 storm the morning of Sept. 10, 2017, ripping off roofs, flooding coastal cities, and knocking out power to more than 6.8 million people. By Sept. 11, Irma weakened significantly to a tropical storm as it powered north toward Georgia and Alabama. At 11 p.m. later that day, it weakened further to a tropical depression, and by Sept. 13, it had dissipated over western Tennessee. The storm and its aftermath has killed at least 38 in the Caribbean, 34 in Florida, three in Georgia, four in South Carolina, and one in North Carolina. Irma is the fifth-costliest hurricane to hit the mainland United States, causing an estimated $50 billion in damage, according to the National Hurricane Center."

How much damage did it do?

"The damage estimate from Hurricane Irma is up to $100 billion. Hurricane Matthew’s damages last year were about $15 billion. Hurricane Harvey hit the U.S. Aug. 25 as a Category 4 storm, and experts are estimating up to $180 billion in damages. Hurricane Andrew in 1992 killed 55 people and caused more than $20 billion in damage across the U.S. and the Bahamas."

Damage it caused