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September 6, 2017
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Irma

In this geocolor image captured by GOES-16 and released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Hurricane Irma, a potentially
catastrophic category 5 hurricane, moves westward, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, in the Atlantic Ocean toward the Leeward Islands. This image captured nighttime
features on the left side of the image. Hurricane Irma grew into a dangerous Category 5 storm, the most powerful seen in the Atlantic in over a decade, and roared
toward islands in the northeast Caribbean Tuesday on a path that could eventually take it to the United States.
(NOAA via AP)

At Press Time:

Record-Breaking Hurricane Bears Down on Caribbean

By DANICA COTO forecast path that could and Puerto Rico. had maximum sustained the Caribbean Sea or the
Associated Press take it toward Florida over “The Leeward Islands are winds of 185 mph (295 kph) Gulf of Mexico, which are
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) the weekend. going to get destroyed,” in late afternoon as it ap- usually home to warmer
— Wielding the most pow- The storm, a dangerous warned Colorado State proached the Caribbean waters that fuel cyclones.
erful winds ever recorded Category 5, posed an im- University meteorology from the east, according to Hurricane Allen hit 190 mph
for a storm in the Atlantic mediate threat to the small professor Phil Klotzbach, the U.S. National Hurricane in 1980, while 2005’s Wilma,
Ocean, Hurricane Irma islands of the northern Lee- a noted hurricane expert. Center in Miami. Four other 1988’s Gilbert and a 1935
bore down Tuesday on wards, including Antigua “I just pray that this thing storms have had winds that great Florida Key storm all
the Leeward Islands of the and Barbuda, as well as the wobbles and misses them. strong in the overall Atlan- had 185 mph winds.
northeast Caribbean on a British and U.S. Virgin Islands This is a serious storm.” Irma tic region but they were in Continued on Page 2