He just turned two, the 17th, last month. Hurricane Irma hit Cuba this weekend. 'Irma also hit Camaguey Province as a Category 5 storm for the first time in 85 years. Hurricane Irma's path was such that its impact was both far-reaching and devastating, with landfalls in Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Martin, the Bahamas, Cuba, and the United States, all at major hurricane intensity. Photos show flooded roads and significant damage from the storm, which made landfall as a Category 5 hurricane. Furthermore, the size of the storm system meant that destruction was prevalent even in territories well removed from landfall occurrences. It is pouring off and on, and the lights are out," Anaida Gonzalez, a retired nurse in the Camaguey province, told Reuters.About 50,000 tourists are fleeing or have fled Cuba, with resorts on the north coast now empty, the news agency reports.Irma is expected to hit Florida on Sunday, but the outer bands are already affecting the south of the state and downtown Miami is being lashed by heavy rain.About 25,000 people are currently without electricity, energy provider Florida Power and Light reported.Florida Governor Rick Scott issued a stark warning to those in threatened areas on the west coast.
Palm trees are pictured swaying in the wind in Caibarien, Cuba on Friday nightHurricane Irma (left) and hurricane Jose (right) are pictured in the ocean as they inch nearer and nearer to Florida. We had to crawl to get to safety. Meghan on racism and being back in USARobert Trump, younger brother of Donald, dies at age 71Trump calls out Biden and Harris for wanting to defund the policeKelly Stone 'gasping for every breath' in hospital bed with coronavirusTrump says his brother is having a 'hard time' after hospitalizationShocking footage of Aaron Murphy approaching victim before attackNZ Health Minister's warning towards unverified COVID-19 informationAs COVID cases rise in kids, doctors urge children to wear masksFilm star Anthony Michael Hall yells at hotel pool guestsBomb-sniffing cyber locust is put to the test during lab studyImages of devastation caused by Irma coming out of the Caribbean this week offer a glimpse of what could lie ahead early Sunday for Florida, which braced for what many fear could be the long-dreaded Big One, with the Miami metropolitan area of 6million in the cross hairs.Irma was at one point the most powerful recorded storm in the open Atlantic. Waves crash against the seafront boulevard El Malecon ahead of the passing of Hurricane Irma, in Havana, Cuba on September 9 +76 Waves as high as … It was the first category five hurricane to hit Cuba in decades. Havana, pictured, was not expected to be heavily damagedCubans wade through the rubble from a collapsed building in Havana on September 9Sheets of zinc are seen spread on a street in Remedios as Hurricane Irma batters the townResidents of Caibarien, which was aggressively hit by the hurricane beginning on the night of September 8, are pictured walking in the rain on the 8A sea wall is breeched by overflow as a bulk carrier leaves the bay of Havana, Cuba, on Saturday Cubans stand by a collapsed building in Havana on September 9. And I don't ever, ever, ever want to see something like this again. [6] Der vormalige Rekordhalter war der Taifun Haiyan, der 2013 über die Philippinen hinweggez… 'We are waiting for the worst of it,' Cyril Vanier, CNN reporter said. But it is expected to strengthen into a Category 5 storm en route to the Florida Keys and Miami.The Floridian metropolis is, as of Saturday afternoon, beginning to experience stormy weather.As it advances towards south Florida, the state has so far asked around 6million people to evacuate - nearly a third of the state's population. Choppy seas, grey skies, sheets of rain, bending palm trees, huge waves crashing over sea walls and downed power lines filled the state run television's evening newscast on Friday night.Winds as fast as 124 mph blew through Caibarien on Saturday morning, Waves crash against the seafront boulevard El Malecon ahead of the passing of Hurricane IrmaWaves up to 30ft tall piled over the seafront walls as 120mph winds lashed the island nation Residents walk along a street in Caibarien to survey the damage caused by Irma on Saturday Police patrol near the sea wall in Havana on September 9.