Research Paper On Hurricane Irma

Hurricane season goes from June 1st to November 30th. Hurricanes are happening more often in today's world with a high up to fourteen hurricanes per year. In the Midwest, people do not worry much about hurricanes, because hurricanes do not happen these, but those people who live on the east or west coast are affected greatly. This year alone there has been four hurricanes that have made U.S. landfall. One hurricane that has affected the U.S. and many other locations greatly is hurricane Irma.
Hurricane Irma affected many states and countries such as Florida, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and many other islands. Irma hit several places before reaching Florida and affecting the United States. On Friday September 8th, Irma hit Cuba and Bahamas and on the following Sunday night Irma hit the Florida Keys. Starting in August 30th to September 16th, Irma was in destruction mode. At first, Irma was not too …show more content…
Human lives, buildings, and land were all damaged during Hurricane Irma. A majority of the lives lost were from the islands in the Caribbean, since these islands were hit the hardest. The total number of lives lost in hurricane Irma was 134. Homes were destroyed by wind, rushing water, and flooding. Thousands of people were left without homes after Irma happened. In the Florida Keys, about 25% of homes were destroyed and 2.6 million homes were left without electricity (Allen). Land was also destroyed because of Irma. Satellite images show tropical islands before hurricane Irma as green and lush, but after Irma these same islands look brown from all of the destruction. This transformation of color happened because trees and other plants were ripped away from the land by strong winds and leaves were dried by salt water that was sprayed from the hurricane. Another way hurricane Irma caused damage to land is the runoff of land that occured in southern Florida and many islands in the