Hurricane Irma dropped to a tropical storm this morning, September 11, after Sunday, he broke into Florida and set a course for Georgia. The storm were flooded streets, and 58% of consumers of Florida was left without electricity.
In the state of Florida Irma killed at least five people, reports ABC News.
Where is Irma?
As of 8 a.m. September 11, the storm was located about 105 miles North of Tampa, reports the national hurricane center in Miami. Irma moves to the North-West at a speed of 18 mph with sustained Gale force winds of up to 70 miles per hour.
It is expected that Irma will continue to weaken when it reaches the North Florida and South Georgia.
How much hit Irma during the «landing»?
On Cudjoe Key storm «landed», being the 4th category in strength, with winds up to 130 miles per hour. Where Irma was raging like a hurricane 4-category, there are outages for several weeks, if not months.
In addition, according to the hurricane Center, most of the areas that gets in the way Irma will be uninhabitable for weeks.
As is the case with storm waves?
According to the National hurricane center, according to USA Today, on the coast of Florida the danger of high waves up to 15 feet. Warnings about the storm waves act on the coast from the Keys to North of Tampa.
What about floods and tornadoes?
While two was a small tornado that destroyed several mobile homes in Palm Bay. There is also good news – this colossal flooding like during hurricane Harvey in Texas, Florida does not predict. But in some parts of the state could fall up to 20 inches of rain.
Video out of Naples, Florida shows the roof of a gas station blowing off in Hurricane #Irma (Courtesy: el_arabe_official/Instagram) pic.twitter.com/q8Woor2aTD
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) November 10, 2017
How many residents evacuated?
The state has been one of the biggest evacuations in U.S. history – about 6.3 million Florida residents have left areas under threat. About 540 thousand people were evacuated from the coast of Georgia. In Florida, people have found salvation in more than 320 refuges, located in every County of the state.
History of Hurricane #Irma: 1 September 2017 — September 2017 10 #GOES16 pic.twitter.com/Z53paEmpIY
— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 11, 2017
As Irma will affect other States?
The brunt of the storm took over Florida, but in the following days the effect of Irma will feel the States from Georgia to Indiana. First of all, of course, Georgia. So, early Tuesday in the state are predicting winds up to 60 mph, and heavy rainfall can lead to flash floods, especially in southern areas.
In other States, will be heavy rains, the water will be dangerous rip currents, and the wind of possible falling trees and power outages of electricity.
