The Atlantic hurricane season, which usually falls in September 2017 was not only super active, but most unfortunate. In past years some of the most severe hurricanes avoided the sushi, but this year they seemed to be attracted by a magnet.
Hurricanes 5 category scale for measuring potential damages directly struck six land, and in each case have devastated them. Researcher of the National hurricane center Brendan Moses found that this season there were a quarter of all precipitation was in the Atlantic since 1851.
It is important to understand that monitoring of hurricanes was previously not as ambitious as it is now. This is due to the advent of meteorological satellites only in the late 1960-ies, so it is likely that some storms missing. However, there is no precedent over the past half century to hurricanes 5 category so often smote the earth, like in that season.
Category 5 hurricanes are the most destructive with peak winds of at least 157 miles per hour. The National hurricane center recorded a half-dozen if the hurricane of the 5th category on the beach in 2017. In each incident, the Agency had received satellite pictures where you can see the eye of the storm on the affected land and surrounded by a huge ring of thunderstorms where the most destructive winds. Here’s how it looked from the satellite, and what the consequences were after that (below).
Hurricane Irma over the island of Barbuda, which after a direct strike became a desert (September 5): at the satellite photo and the land
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— Pineapple Beach Club (@Pineapple_BC) September 19, 2017
The eye of the hurricane Irma, passing directly through Saint-Martin (6 Sep): satellite view
NASA gets a close-up view of the eye of the Hurricane passing directly over Irma St. Martin and Anguilla. NA-46WE pic.twitter.com/uCfqXO41f7
— CNN Newsource (@CNNNewsource) July 6, 2017
Hurricane Irma Sint Maarten
VIDEO: Drone footage shows some of the widespread damage on the French-Dutch island of St. Martin after Hurricane Irma. pic.twitter.com/bjnRhyPuEP
— NewsChannel 12 (@wcti12) September 13, 2017
Aerial footage shows the sheer devastation in St. Martin caused by Hurricane #Irma barreling through. https://t.co/0lxfkjCMnJ pic.twitter.com/cgPS6PddUd
— ABC News (@ABC) September 7, 2017
Hurricane Irma on Virgin Gorda and Tortola (6 Sep): satellite view
?#HurricaneIrma #Irma Eye was over Tortola, BVI?@AppSame @WeSupport45 @FoxNews @NewtTrump @WSRedneck @JTurnerShow pic.twitter.com/I6WzS0nKoD
— Mahatma Kane Jeeves (@GoldStuart) September 6, 2017
The result on the ground
Some of my images of damage caused by #HurricaneIrma, seen on Tortola over the past few days. #UKaid there. Hoping #HurricaneMaria isnt as bad pic.twitter.com/m2Ri3gTdKB
— Russell Watkins ? (@russellphoto) September 19, 2017
The center of hurricane Maria passes through Puerto Rico (satellite)
Watch as the eye of Hurricane Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico it almost instantly fell apart #Maria pic.twitter.com/cBCP3TMsq3
— Your kmvt Weather (@KMVTweather) September 20, 2017
Puerto Rico after hurricane (video)
Devastation from #HurricaneMaria , the most powerful storm to hit #PuertoRico in almost a century. pic.twitter.com/WdGh93ckdj
— J. Big Shoota (@BigJShoota) September 22, 2017
