Hurricanes Irma And Katia
by Nasa Gsfc/goes Project/noaa/science Photo Library
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Hurricanes Irma And Katia
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Nasa Gsfc/goes Project/noaa/science Photo Library
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Photograph - Photograph
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Satellite image of Hurricane Irma over the Turks and Caicos Islands and Hurricane Katia off the Mexican Gulf coast. Irma made landfall on the Leeward Islands as a category 5 storm with sustained winds of 295 kilometres per hour in the early morning of the 6th September. First hit was Barbuda, where over 90% of buildings were destroyed. Significant damage and loss of life were reported on the other Leeward Islands as Irma continued northwards. Katia became a category 1 hurricane on the afternoon of the 6th and is expected to strengthen as it heads west towards Mexico. Data obtained by the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) 13 on 8th September 2017.
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September 28th, 2018
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