Irma set records; luckily, late weakening dampened its power
Before crashing into Florida, Hurricane Irma set all sorts of records for brute strength as it flattened Caribbean islands and swamped the Florida Keys. Irma's assault " so soon after Harvey's deluge of Houston " marked the first time the U.S. was hit by two Category 4 storms in the same year.Irma hit the Sunshine State as a big wide beast, though not quite the monster it once was shaping up to be. Earlier, it was the most powerful recorded storm in the open Atlantic. But as the once- [...]
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