Friday, September 8, 2017

Hurricane Irma -- News Updates September 8, 2017

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The above map shows Hurricane Irma's current projected track towards the U.S.

Daily Mail: 'We're running out of time': Miami now a ghost town as Floridians wait bumper-to-bumper to flee Irma that has 1.4 MILLION under evacuation as FEMA warns the deadly hurricane could 'devastate' the US

* Meteorologists are now predicting that Miami will bear the brunt of Hurricane Irma when it hits the mainland
* 1.4 million people are now under evacuation in Florida and Georgia
* Floridians are sitting in hours-long traffic jams to head north for shelter before the storm
* The storm has the potential to do $125billion worth of damage when it strikes Miami - and possibly much more
* Category 4 storm has caused devastation in the Caribbean, killing at least 24 and leveling entire islands
* Extensive damage has been reported on Barbuda and St Martin, with over 90 per cent of buildings wrecked
* The storm is currently battering the northeastern coast of Cuba

Apocalyptic scenes are playing out across the Sunshine State, as more than a million people flee Hurricane Irma's wrath.

In the usually bustling city of Miami, the streets and beaches are eerily empty and businesses boarded up. Meanwhile, Floridians sit in hours-long traffic jams on all roads leading north to seek shelter with friends and family.

An estimated 1.4million people have been given mandatory orders to evacuate in Florida and Georgia, and that number is expected to grow as the storm approaches. Mandatory evacuation orders are in effect for all of the counties in the southern tip of Florida and for most all the way up the east coast. Residents in the coastal areas of Georgia, including Savannah, are also under evacuation.

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Live Updates Hurricane Irma

Hurricane Irma cone -- NOAA
National Hurricane Advisory -- National Hurricane Center
Hurricane Irma Live Updates: ‘Way Bigger Than Andrew,’ Florida Governor Warns -- New York Times
Hurricane Irma: Live updates -- CNN
Hurricane Irma batters Bahamas as Florida evacuates – latest updates -- The Guardian
Hurricane Live Updates: Irma, Jose and Katia Threaten Florida, Georgia, Mexico, Caribbean Islands -- Newsweek
Where is Hurricane Irma heading? Mapping the path of destruction -- The Guardian
Latest Irma track shifts west with hurricane watch widened -- Miami Herald

Florida Prepares For Hurricane Irma -- News Updates

Irma takes dead aim at Florida; 1.4M people ordered to flee -- AP
Florida mass exodus as Hurricane Irma closes in -- AFP
Hurricane Irma will batter Florida and ‘devastate the United States,’ officials warn -- Washington Post
Hurricane Irma puts Florida directly in its path as time to evacuate is running out -- Los Angeles Times
Hurricane Irma will be 'devastating' to US - Fema head -- BBC
Irma downgraded to Category 4 hurricane, but still 'extremely dangerous' -- UPI
'Window closing' for Americans to escape Hurricane Irma -- AFP

Hurricane Batters The Caribbean -- News Updates

Irma's destruction: island by island -- The Guardian
At least 17 dead as Hurricane Irma ravages Caribbean -- AFP
Caribbean residents left reeling over Irma’s destruction -- AP
Hurricane Irma: Caribbean counts the cost of deadly storm -- BBC
Turks and Caicos Islands hit by Hurricane Irma -- The Guardian/AP
Relief... at LAST! Royal Navy lands in hurricane-hit Anguilla while troops back home prepare to fly out to the Caribbean - as British government defends its 'pathetic' response to Irma -- Daily Mail
Hurricane Irma: Record-breaking storm barrels towards Haiti after flattening Caribbean islands -- ABC News Online
Troops are called in to stop looters armed with guns and machetes on hurricane-ravaged St Martin as food, water and medicine runs out -- Daily Mail
Hurricane Irma leaves trail of death on Caribbean islands -- DW
Faces of the missing: British Virgin Islands declares state of emergency as 'thousands' are unaccounted for and '25 dead' after Irma - as desperate expats brace for Hurricane Jose -- Daily Mail
Before and after Hurricane Irma: images of Caribbean destruction -- The Guardian

1 comment:

fred said...

Now even Fox news admit humans responsible for global climate change.
Rush Limbaugh, living and working out of his home base in Florida announced that the storm largely exggerated by the liberal press. But now he too has fled the storm
Since this site is largely concerned with military matters, I note that our Pentagon has for some time now stated that global climate change is a national defense issue
I will leave it for wiser minds such as A.S. to offer a better perspective on such matters, when, after dinner, comments begin to flow