Extreme weather: Hurricane Irma

• Hurricane: huge rotating storm
• Form over warm oceans near the equator

Hurricane Irma

• September 2017
• Category 5 hurricane => highest level of hurricane
• Wind speeds over 295 km/h => lasted 37 hours

Impacts

• 134 died
• Registered on seismographs
• States pf emergency were declared across the Caribbean and South-East US
• Homes + buildings destroyed
• Flights cancelled
• Power cuts
• Negative impact on tourism
• Gas shortages