Irma has strengthened to an “extremely dangerous” Category 5 hurricane, the National Hurricane Center said in its advisory at 7:45am AST. According to the Hurricane center, NOAA and Air Force hurricane hunter aircraft data indicate Hurricane Irma has intensified into an “extremely dangerous” Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale with maximum winds of 175 mph (280 km/h) with higher gusts.
Recon finds surface winds of 152 knots (175 mph) in #Irma's right front quadrant. Holy crap. pic.twitter.com/YhkyPqaJXz
— Eric Webb (@webberweather) September 5, 2017
This post was published at Zero Hedge on Sep 5, 2017.
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