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Thursday, August 31, 2017

Hurricane Irma continues its voyage westward over the Atlantic Ocean

Hurricane Irma has been upgraded for the second time Thursday August 31,2017 and is now at Category 3 strength as it continues its voyage westward over the Atlantic Ocean.

Its winds are now blowing at a sustained 115mph

'Irma is forecast to become a major hurricane by tonight and is expected to be an extremely dangerous hurricane for the next several days,' warned National Weather Service forecaster Eric Blake.

It was already upgraded from tropical storm to Category 2 hurricane on Thursday, and wasn't expected to reach Category 3 until Friday Sep 01,2017

Hurricane Irma will take Hurricane Irma a week to cross the Atlantic - at which point it could either head north-west toward the Carolinas, or west and strike Puerto Rice and its neighbors



Note

THE HURRICANE CATEGORY SCALE


As storms pick up wind speeds, they increase from tropical depressions to hurricanes. In increasing order, the categories are:

Tropical depression: around 38mph 
Tropical storm: 39-73mph 
Category 1: 74-95mph
Category 2: 96-110mph
Category 3: 111-129mph
Category 4: 130-156mph
Category 5: 157mph and over

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