Just days after Hurricane Harvey wreaked havoc in the Houston area of Texas as well as Louisiana in the United States, another hurricane is churning in the Atlantic all set to gain even more strength. Hurricane Irma has now intensified into a category 3 hurricane.
The first major storm of the season, Hurricane Harvey had caused way more chaos than anyone would have imagined. Hurricane Irma kept whipping in the waters off the west coast of Africa. The wind speed from the Hurricane gusted up to a whopping 185 kmph.
At present, Irma is not too close to the land. While the storm is currently far from land, but will move towards the southern Caribbean, between Puerto Rico and South America’s northern coastline.
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During the first few days of next week, Irma is expected to reach Lesser Antilles islands in the Caribbean. As per meteorologists, it is too early to predict whether Hurricane Irma will have any effect on Florida or the Gulf of Mexico.
However, residents of the United States are anxious enough over the fear of another storm hitting the United States after the monstrous Harvey of category 4 made landfall. Irma happens to be the second major storm in the Atlantic season.
Hurricane Irma was quick enough to gain strength and become a hurricane in less than 24 hours after developing as a tropical storm.
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