These Viral Videos Show Why Hurricane Irma Is One of the Most Epically Dangerous Storms in History
You need to see these.
Hurricane Irma is moving steadily toward the U.S. East Coast and that’s very bad news, especially if it strikes Miami. Irma could be one of the most dangerous storms in history, twice as potentially dangerous as Harvey. It’s maintained Category 5 severity, with sustained winds at 185 mph and gusts above 200 mph.
Videos coming out of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean in general—the island of Barbuda was virtually destroyed—are more than enough evidence that anyone who tries to ride this one out might be in extreme danger. These show what hell looks like.
WATCH: Video shows powerful winds and rain as Hurricane Irma struck the British Virgin Islands on Wednesday (via Almira Arayata) pic.twitter.com/RjkiWCGzZX
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 7, 2017
Irma is bad enough but there are currently two other hurricanes spinning over portions of the Atlantic. Weak Katia, in the western Gulf of Mexico, and smaller Jose, spinning along virtually in Irma’s wake.
In fact Barbuda may be struck by Jose as well, which is unfathomable given they’ve already had to deal with the conditions seen in the video below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRi_fiP3sww
As of Thursday the death toll for Irma was up to 10. It’s likely to go higher, especially as the ultra-powerful hurricane causes sudden and tsunami-like walls of water to push inland on low-lying islands.
But in a storm as intense as this, the winds are easily equal in danger to the water. The only way to deal with a storm like Irma is to get the hell out of Dodge—or Naples, Florida, or wherever you are in its path.
More views of Irma’s fury from the inside—and of what’s left in its wake—prove no one is safe.
Hurricane #Irma causes palm trees to nearly blow over in the wind in San Juan, Puerto Rico. https://t.co/bPRN2enjWS pic.twitter.com/QeFKEg1CA2
— ABC News (@ABC) September 7, 2017
PLEASE SHARE: This is video from my friend Amy who is riding out Hurricane #Irma on St. John! She is safe thank goodness! @WKRN pic.twitter.com/Ff3rAeldYu
— Danielle Breezy (@DanielleBreezy) September 6, 2017
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Scary video from inside Hurricane #Irma as the Hurricane Hunters plane passed through.
Very dangerous storm.
(Nick Underwood / NOAA) pic.twitter.com/mNSoM3XHAF
— Vic Micolucci WJXT (@WJXTvic) September 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/meaniehut/status/905150752141791232https://twitter.com/rhollister57/status/905796752179163136
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