What Hurricane Irma did to Florida - Tampa Bay Times
Sep 12, 2017 · For days, Florida had been preparing for – and dreading – the arrival of Hurricane Irma. The massive storm laid waste to Caribbean islands before smacking into the Florida …
Hurricane Irma Strikes Tampa Bay Area As Category 2 - WUSF
Sep 10, 2017 · A massive but weakened Hurricane Irma zeroed in on the Tampa Bay region early Monday after hammering much of Florida with roof-ripping winds, gushing floodwaters and …
Hurricane Irma: Record-breaking storm impacts Florida 7 years ago
Sep 10, 2024 · TAMPA (WFLA) – In 2017, Hurricane Irma, weakened slightly from Category 5 to Category 4, blew ashore on the Florida Keys with winds of 130 mph. Yes, that was seven …
Two Years Later: Remembering Hurricane Irma - Bay News 9
On September 10, 2017 Irma made landfall in Cudjoe Key as a Category 4 hurricane. It made its way up to Southwest Florida and made another landfall near Marco Island as a Category 3 …
Hurricane Irma 5 years later - WFLA
Sep 10, 2022 · TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – It’s been five years since Florida found itself bracing for what ended up being one of the Atlantic basin’s strongest and costliest hurricanes on record. …
How the slightest shift kept Hurricane Irma from ... - Tampa Bay …
Sep 20, 2017 · Hurricane Irma approached Florida as a terrifying storm — by some measures the strongest ever to leave the Atlantic Ocean. It flattened Caribbean islands, devastated the …
Effects of Hurricane Irma in Florida - Wikipedia
There was a negative storm surge in Tampa Bay, beaching a few manatees, which were rescued by people venturing into the dry portion of the bay. Three indirect deaths were reported, one …
Irma spares Tampa Bay, other parts of the state not as lucky
Sep 11, 2017 · Hurricane Irma downed trees and power lines and knocked the canopies off some gas stations, but seemingly spared the region the catastrophic damage that had been …
How Hurricane Irma's Winds (Temporarily) Drained Tampa Bay
Sep 12, 2017 · Hurricane Irma's strong winds didn't just whip around palm trees, knock down power lines and rip off roofs — they also pushed aside vast amounts of shallow water, …
Hurricane Irma: Historic and Harrowing | Hurricane Irma | Tampa Bay …
Sep 18, 2017 · As the storm swirled over the Atlantic, hundreds of miles away, a 16-year-old surfer tried to ride the large swells off the island’s east coast. He drowned. Irma claimed its …