Strongest Hurricane Ever Recorded Kills 14 People; Warnings of the Last Days Escalate
Hurricane
Irma, a Category 5 storm, the strongest storm ever recorded in the
Atlantic Ocean sped across the Caribbean islands on Thursday morning
(September 7th), which damaged many buildings and trees, affected
over 1.2 million people, and made thousands of people homeless and
killed at least 14 people. Almost 90 percent of all structures on
Antigua and Barbuda had been destroyed, rendering the islands “barely
habitable.” The hurricane Irma has been downgraded after making
landfall in Haiti, Turks and Caicos Islands and Bahamas. When Irma
makes its closest approach to Florida with 180 miles per hour—most
likely before 10th—the state government has ordered all public
schools closed and issued a mandatory evacuation order for 500
thousand residents.
