Hurricane Irma's legacy of loss

Record ID: 1355452

  • Title: Hurricane Irma's legacy of loss
  • Date: 8th September 2018
  • Summary: TAMPA, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 11, 2017) (REUTERS) ZOOM IN TO STREET COVERED IN BRANCHES ZOOM OUT FROM WATER SURROUNDING HOUSE TO CAR PASSING BY STREET
  • Embargoed: 22nd September 2018 15:59
  • Keywords: Irma storm flooding aftermath
  • Location: VARADERO, HAVANA, CUBA; LUQUILLO, FAJARDO, PUERTO RICO; TORTOLA, PUERTO PLATA, SABA ROCK, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; MIAMI, CLEARWATER, NAPLES, FORT LAUDERDALE, HOLLYWOOD, ISLAMORADA, DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA, UNITED STATES
  • City: VARADERO, HAVANA, CUBA; LUQUILLO, FAJARDO, PUERTO RICO; TORTOLA, PUERTO PLATA, SABA ROCK, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; MIAMI, CLEARWATER, NAPLES, FORT LAUDERDALE, HOLLYWOOD, ISLAMORADA, DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA, UNITED STATES
  • Country: Various
  • Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Wind/Hurricane/Typhoons/Tornadoes
  • Reuters ID: LVA0078WSRA6F
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Hurricane Irma hit southwestern Florida on Sept. 10, 2017, and left behind a legacy of loss.
    The death toll from Irma, previously ranked as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms on record and the second major hurricane to strike the U.S. mainland in 2017, climbed to more than five dozen. Of those, at least 43 were killed in the Caribbean and at least 18 in the Southeastern United States.
    While damage across Florida was severe, it paled in scope to the devastation wrought by Irma in parts of the Caribbean, which accounted for the bulk of Irma's fatalities.
    The hurricane destroyed about one-third of the buildings on the Dutch-ruled portion of the eastern Caribbean island of St. Martin en route to Florida, the Dutch Red Cross said.
    Irma hit the United States soon after Hurricane Harvey, which plowed into Houston, killing about 60 and causing some $180 billion in damage, mostly from flooding.
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