Something puckish this way comes . It ’s the peak of Atlantic hurricane season decently now , and as a solution , plenty of them are coming in twosome – and it appearsHarveywas the first of two . obliterate in its darkness is Irma , a Category Three hurricane that ’s set to transform into a Harvey - matching Category Four in the next 24 hour , and it ’s heading for the United States .
According to cutting - edge modelling study by American meteorologistRyan Maue , it ’s potential that the violent storm will continue to gather strength over the next week . “ I ’d be surprised if tempest did n’t become Cat 5 during next 5 - 7 day , ” he explained in a Twitter billet .
However , it ’s still early solar day , and at this item it ’s not clear if Irma will become a literal danger to the immediate United States . Models clearly show a future “ acute Irma , ” Maue lend , “ but no firm decision on US scourge ” can be made at present . Either way , it ’s one to keep an eye on .
The latest estimates , which are still fairly hazy , suggest that the most probable lieu Irma will make landfall – if it does at all – will be Florida . So far , it ’s heading right for it , but the chaotic nature of the way of life of hurricane means it could still kink away and channelise up the eastern seaboard and dispel in the Atlantic Ocean .
Meet Irma , seen here heading westwards and gathering metier . National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Already , some noteworthy satellite imagination of Irma is attain its way into the public domain . One such impression reveals that Irma is already so powerful that it ’s capable to suck up dust from the Sahara Desert without lifting a metaphoric finger’s breadth . commonly , such quantities of grit stamp down a hurricane ’s power to form , but not Irma – she ’s just pose stronger by the day .
Hurricane Harvey may be on its way out now , but this devil let loose a record - breaking haste Erinyes on Texas and parts of Louisiana over the retiring week – and this one - in-1,000 twelvemonth event has left almost 1 million people without homes and the city of Houston will billions of dollars of reparations to undertake .
The last thing that part of America need right now is another hurricane making landfall . Two meteorological gut punches would be enough to cripple the nation of Texas , send Louisiana into a helter-skelter spiral , and trigger pandemonium in Florida .
Distressingly , even Irma is being dwarf by another tropic wave , one that will probably formulate into a hurricane over the next fortnight .
