The center of Irmas is drawn across several Cuban islands. The hurricane has again reached the highest storm category. Now he is heading for Florida.
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The center of Hurricane Irma has recently moved past the Bahamas and crossed the Camagüey archipelago off Cuba's north coast. A local weather station measured
Wind speeds of 200 kilometers per hour before it was destroyed by the hurricane. This was announced by the Cuban weather service on Saturday.
Thousands of people were taken to schools in emergency shelters. Most of the millions were affected by relatives. On the north coast, more than 10,000 tourists are said to have been brought to safety. The government issued a hurricane warning for the provinces of Matanzas, Camagüey, Ciego de Ávila, Sancti Spiritus and Villa Clara. State television showed pictures of giant waves that came upon dams. According to reports from the newspaper Miami Herald they should have been up to seven meters high.
Storm floods of up to three meters were expected. Flooding occurred in cities in the eastern provinces of Guantanamo and Holguin. The exact extent of the destruction is still unclear. Reports on injured or dead were not available from there on Saturday morning.
Life-threatening storm floods are expected on Key West
According to warnings from the National Hurricane Center of the USA, Irma will reach the state of Florida as an extremely severe, dangerous hurricane during Saturday. Although it is not the strongest measured hurricane in the United States, it is the strongest that has ever gathered outside the Caribbean or the Gulf of Mexico as far north as the Atlantic, at least since meteorologists.
Regarding the damage, Irma is already one of the most devastating Atlantic tropical storms of the past decades. On his way, he almost completely destroyed several Caribbean islands. Barbuda became uninhabitable due to storm damage, and all islanders are taken to the neighboring island of Antigua because of the next hurricane. "Everyone has to leave Barbuda immediately," said a local reporter in an interview with ZEIT ONLINE. Saint Martin and the Virgin Islands were also hit hard by the hurricane. Before taking course on Cuba, he stroked the Bahamas.
The city of Miami is also preparing. Even if predictions do not currently assume that the eye of the storm will hit the city, heavy gusts and heavy rain can be expected. In the state of Florida, government agencies demanded 5.6 million people to get safe (ZEIT ONLINE reported on the evacuation of Miami). According to reports from the US station CNN have found thousands of shelters in emergency accommodations. At the same time, countless people on the highways in and around Miami on the run from imminent gusts and storm floods in the traffic jam. At the airport provisional emergency accommodations were set up, after masses had formed there - many could not leave.
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Pusat Badai Irma baru saja melewati Bahama dan melintasi kepulauan Camagüey di lepas pantai utara Kuba. Sebuah stasiun cuaca lokal diukur
Kecepatan angin 200 kilometer per jam sebelum dihancurkan oleh topan. Ini diumumkan oleh layanan cuaca Kuba pada hari Sabtu.
Ribuan orang dibawa ke sekolah di tempat penampungan darurat. Sebagian besar dari jutaan orang terkena dampak kerabat. Di pesisir utara, lebih dari 10.000 turis dikatakan telah diamankan. Pemerintah mengeluarkan peringatan badai untuk provinsi Matanzas, Camagüey, Ciego de Ávila, Sancti Spiritus dan Villa Clara. Televisi negara menunjukkan gambar gelombang raksasa yang menimpa bendungan. Menurut laporan dari surat kabar Miami Herald mereka seharusnya sudah sampai tujuh meter tingginya.
Banjir badai hingga tiga meter diperkirakan terjadi. Banjir terjadi di kota-kota di provinsi timur Guantanamo dan Holguin. Tingkat kerusakan yang sebenarnya masih belum jelas. Laporan tentang korban luka atau korban tewas tidak tersedia dari sana pada hari Sabtu pagi.
Banjir badai yang mengancam jiwa diperkirakan terjadi di Key West
Menurut peringatan dari National Hurricane Center di Amerika Serikat, Irma akan mencapai negara bagian Florida sebagai badai yang sangat parah dan berbahaya selama hari Sabtu. Meskipun bukan badai terkuat yang pernah diukur di Amerika Serikat, ini adalah yang terkuat yang pernah berkumpul di luar Karibia atau Teluk Meksiko sejauh utara Atlantik, setidaknya sejak ahli meteorologi.
Sejauh menyangkut kerusakan, Irma sudah menjadi salah satu badai tropis Atlantik yang paling dahsyat dalam dekade terakhir. Dalam perjalanannya, dia hampir menghancurkan beberapa pulau Karibia. Barbuda menjadi tidak dapat dihuni karena kerusakan akibat badai, dan semua penduduk pulau dibawa ke pulau tetangga Antigua karena badai berikutnya. "Setiap orang harus segera meninggalkan Barbuda," kata seorang reporter lokal dalam sebuah wawancara dengan ZEIT ONLINE. Saint Martin dan Kepulauan Virgin juga terkena dampak angin topan. Sebelum mengikuti kursus di Kuba, dia membelai Bahama.
Kota Miami juga tengah mempersiapkan diri. Bahkan jika prediksi saat ini tidak menduga bahwa mata badai akan menghantam kota, hembusan berat dan hujan deras bisa diharapkan. Di negara bagian Florida, badan pemerintah menuntut 5,6 juta orang untuk aman (ZEIT ONLINE melaporkan evakuasi Miami). Menurut laporan dari stasiun AS CNN, ribuan pengungsi telah menemukan tempat berlindung. Pada saat yang sama, banyak orang di jalan raya di dan sekitar Miami yang melarikan diri dari hembusan angin kencang dan banjir bandang dalam kemacetan. Di bandara sementara darurat darurat didirikan, setelah massa terbentuk di sana - banyak yang tidak dapat pergi.