Sentences with phrase «storm irma»

We certainly didn't expect the wrath of tropical storm Irma to knock out power for 4 days and internet and cell coverage at the house for 6 days.

Our weather has been horrible today as we are feeling the effects of what is now Tropical Storm Irma.

This week, I've been painting and we had that horrific Tropical Storm Irma blow through on Monday and Tuesday, so I stayed at home and got some things done.

As I'm writing this on Monday morning we are still in the midst of Tropical Storm Irma, so hopefully I don't have to make any edits to this!

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Operating profit, which rose 1 % in 2016, was down 16 % from January to September, reflecting losses from storms such as Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, and the accounting for a transaction with American International Group (aig).

As Hurricane Irma battered Florida, the cream of the insurance world — gathered under the Mediterranean sun in Monte Carlo — was assessing the costs of the storm for the global industry.

Irma is not expected to linger over the U.S. mainland as long as Hurricane Harvey, a phenomenon that led to record rainfall and storm surge in areas of Texas and Louisiana.

A Delta - operated flight from New York to San Juan, Puerto Rico, and back, made headlines for narrowly avoiding the storm in a mission to evacuate another plane - full of passengers from the area ahead of Irma's landfall.

Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century, drove toward Florida on Friday as it lashed the Caribbean with devastating winds and torrential rain, leaving behind at least 21 deaths and a swath of destruction.

Hurricane Irma is now a Category 5 storm.

As a tropical storm, Irma could bring winds strong as 73 miles per hour.

The storm's exact path once it makes landfall is still unknown but flight cancellations due to Irma, currently at more than 4,000, will likely swell if the storm hits the much larger Atlanta hub.

Buddy Brew Coffee, a chain of coffee shops in Tampa, Fla., decided the best way to do this was to create a «Storm Team» before Hurricane Irma hit.

«We are closely monitoring Hurricane Irma and are keeping our ships at a safe distance from the storm,» the company earlier said on Twitter.

Puerto Rico avoided a direct hit from Irma, but the storm knocked out power for 70 percent of the island, and killed at least three people.

Residents of low - lying areas in densely populated Miami - Dade County were urged to move to higher ground by Wednesday as a precaution against coastal storm surges, three days before Irma was expected to make landfall in Florida.

The eye of Irma, a Category 5 storm packing winds of 185 miles per hour (295 km per hour), passed over the island of Barbuda east of Puerto Rico, early on Wednesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami reported, possibly hitting Florida on Saturday.

Irma is expected to become the second powerful storm to thrash the U.S. mainland in as many weeks after devastating Hurricane Harvey, but its precise trajectory remained uncertain.

The NHC said Irma ranked as one of the five most powerful Atlantic hurricanes during the past 80 years and the strongest Atlantic basin storm ever outside the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico.

Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century, churned across northern Caribbean islands on Wednesday with a catastrophic mix of fierce winds, surf and rain, en route to a possible Florida landfall at the weekend.

Approximately 13 million people were without electricity because of Irma, with nearly every corner of Florida feeling the storm's wrath.

A weakened Irma has since been downgraded to a tropical storm, but challenging conditions persist.

Just as southern Texas began to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Harvey, Florida and the Caribbean soon endured Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean.

Many of the islands that are currently in Maria's path were directly affected by Hurricane Irma earlier this month, so another hit from such a powerful storm is almost unthinkable at this point.

Irma, which has now weakened to a tropical storm, has killed more than 60 people in its rampage through the Caribbean and the Southeastern United States.

We'll use Hurricane Irma, which started out as a wave off the African coast and went on to pound several Caribbean before it hit Florida as a Category 4 storm, as an example:

Irma's winds, which peaked at 185 mph, tore through human settlements and toppled trees, while its rain and storm surge have flooded homes and streets.

Hurricane Jose is a Category 4 storm as well; when it and Irma were at their peak strengths earlier this week, it was the first time two hurricanes with 150 - plus mph winds have been in the Atlantic at the same time.

When Hurricane Irma was advancing toward Florida in early September, weather officials were looking at a very scary scenario: an extremely powerful Category 4 or 5 storm hitting with 150 mph winds, flooding rains, and up to 15 feet of storm surge for coastal cities like Miami and Tampa.

We've now seen four extremely strong storms in quick succession — Harvey, Irma, Jose, and Maria.

And Irma was a Category 5 storm for around 3 days — which is also nearly a record.

Even if Irma degrades to a tropical storm by the time it reaches Georgia, «there still can be a 10 to 12 foot storm surge,» Needham says.

With Irma's last - minute course change, many insurers breathed a sigh of relief as the storm caused less damage than expected, but the industry as a whole is facing growing anxiety about future tallies.

It's been less than two weeks since Hurricane Irma slammed into the Eastern Caribbean as a Category 4 storm, devastating many of the tiny islands in its path before barreling into Florida.

The numbers from the second record - breaking storm that hit the US this summer, Hurricane Irma, meanwhile, are still rolling in.

It was even stronger than Hurricane Irma that storm roared into the Florida Keys earlier this month.

Immediately after Hurricane Irma's eye passed over the Florida Keys, massive damage to the Lower and Middle Keys was apparent where hundreds of homes and businesses were destroyed by high winds and a huge storm surge.

Brokers try to polish the image of South Florida's coastal homes South Florida's luxury market made it through Hurricane Irma mostly intact, but now agents and brokers are trying to polish the appeal of storm - prone coastal communities.

However, rising average temperatures are definitely an important element of huge storms like Harvey, Irma, and Maria.

KEY WEST — After Hurricane Irma tore through the Florida Keys, T.J. Reynolds was told he had to leave the house he was renting because of damage from the storm.

One of the largest Atlantic storms ever, Irma knocked out power to 6.7 million accounts in Florida, or about two - thirds of the state.

Alabama and North Carolina declared states of emergency ahead of the storm, and remnants of Irma were sweeping through several other states, the National Weather Service said.

What's still not known: Did climate change alter the odds of seeing three incredibly strong storms — Harvey, Irma, Maria — in a row this season?

Hurricane Irma, still in the Atlantic, strengthened to a Category 5 storm on Tuesday, with wind speeds in excess of 175 miles per hour.

On the heels of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, PetSmart rushed to the aid of four - legged furry friends impacted by the storms in various regions across Texas and Florida.

Irma is expected by some experts to top Harvey's damage, given the size of the storm and the population that was in its path.

A major storm somehow didn't hit Miami again until Irma, and in that time, FPL raised rates on consumers in order to pay for the $ 3 billion in upgrades meant to protect the grid from the next «cane.

«At stake for FPL are the claims of all customers who paid for storm - recovery charges and nevertheless lost power for a prolonged period in the sweltering summer heat after Hurricane Irma's outer bands unleashed tropical storm force winds in the South Florida area,» a law firm representing the plaintiffs said in a statement.

Undoubtedly, many of your clients will want to help out victims of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, in the aftermath of those devastating storms.