Hurricane Irma amplified to the maximum power category

Hurricane Irma amplified to the maximum power category

The country has not yet managed to come back from the devastating hurricane Harvey, as its South-Eastern shore began to get a new element. The national hurricane center (NHC) says that hurricane Irma reached the maximum category five power on a scale the Saffir-Simpson scale.

Atmospheric phenomenon is moving towards Florida, the maximum wind speed within the disaster now stands at about 175 mph (280 kilometers per hour). The storm is about 270 miles East from the Caribbean Islands of Antigua and heading for the Leeward Islands.

The eye of a category 5 hurricane. #Irma #GOES16 pic.twitter.com/eATVZspJZx

— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 5, 2017

«The eye of the storm category 5».

«Irma becomes extremely dangerous hurricane category 5, the NHC said. – Training should be completed in the warning area zone».

After the hurricane, Harvey has suspended the fifth of the refining capacity of the USA, in Florida arose concerns of agriculture in the region. The state concentrates the largest production of citrus juice in the world after Brazil. Speculation surrounding possible danger led to the growth of futures on orange juice.

Hurricane #Irma is a monster. Strongest storm of the season as a category 4 with 150mph winds. Getting close to category 5, which is 157mph. pic.twitter.com/LM5rsWYkuC

— Mike Thomas (@MikeTFox5) September 5, 2017

«Hurricane Irma is a monster. The strongest storm of the season 4 category with 150-meter winds. Approaching a category 5, the wind speed is 157 miles per hour.».

In the market of production of oil and natural gas are also closely monitoring the storm, fearing that he will reach an important oil region of the Gulf of Mexico.

«The provisional movement has changed significantly in the past two days and everything can change in the next two,» commented Olivier Jakob, founder of the center for consultations on energy issues Petromatrix GmbH in Zug, Switzerland.

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