Hurricane Irma. Category 5
 

• Irma is most powerful Atlantic hurricane in recorded history
• Barbuda is first to be hit as storm points to Puerto Rico
• Category five hurricane has winds of up to 185mph
• Officials warn 'may God protect us all' from 'onslaught'
• Emergency declared as storm could hit Florida at weekend
• UK tourists evacuated from region on BA flight
• Richard Branson to ride out hurricane on Necker Island

Late Tuesday, the massive Category 5 storm was almost upon islands like Antigua and Barbuda with near-record 185 mph sustained winds. In its 11 p.m. ET advisory, the US National Hurricane Centre said the eye of the hurricane was 50 miles from the two islands.

The centre of the storm was moving to the west-northwest at 15 mph.
The hurricane centre said the extremely dangerous core of Irma would hit the northern Leeward Islands -- which include Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, and Anguilla -- Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.

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http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-41168117

Anyone thinking of going to Florida this weekend can forget it.

OMG

Trump says fake news, he's going to Disneyland. Hurricanes simply do not exist.

Here we see a young Cherie being taught how to talk "propa" in order that she secured her first secretarial job at the Abattoir in Kinsale.

me hoping that hurricane will blow him into the sea :fan:

I allus taak propa

YES LT
after USA it's going to Go Wild in
Scotland and England

Feel The Force

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22 inches is London's annual rainfall

The latest is it's made landfall in Cuba as a cat 5 160mph storm. Depending on how much land interaction between it hitting Cuba and going back out to sea towards Florida happens will decide how strongly it'll hit the US. Still, considering this storm managed to maintain winds of 185mph for three days, I would not be in the slightest bit surprised if it rebuilds itself and hits Florida as a cat 5. Unbelievable storm. Reminds me of Haiyan in a lot of ways.

Meanwhile Jose is pretty much a Cat 5 now too. Winds of 155mph and Cat 5 starts at 157mph. Looking very likely it's going to hit some of the islands that were flattened by Irma before it curves out to sea and towards Bermuda. Those poor poor people.

I'm in Georgia and we are pretty ****ed too. Basically a 8/10 chance of tornados here too... little scared but super glad my work is closed Monday

Hope you're OK and aren't affected too badly by this!

Stay safe.

Thanks. Got all my hurricane food, the temptation to eat it all before its gets here is unreal though lmao

Is this your first hurricane? Be safe ffs :worry: I've always kind of wondered what it would be like to go through one

We got flooded twice through torrential rain storms when i lived in South Africa but nothing like this.

I've got Hurricane food on my mind now. Hhhmmmm.........

First major one, yes. I will try!

I can't wait to eat cereal all day

Those photos are absolutely ****ing crazy

Just read on facebook (so not sure if its true, hoping people arent really this stupid but you never know) that a bunch of people in Florida are planning on...shooting at the hurricane to make it turn around :facepalm:

Just Caitlin

It's all true, we are also partaking in naruto running into the hurricane, telling the hurricane it can't sit with us and pointing all of our fans at the hurricane so it blows the other way

But I mean it's here now so none of our plans worked

Queen Nicole survived in Orlando