Satellite images from before and after the storm show wrecked houses debris scattered everywhere and previously forested areas laid bare.
Satellite of irma now.
Viirs satellite image of hurricane irma when it was at its peak intensity and made landfall on barbuda at 0535 utc 6 september.
At the time it was considered as the most powerful hurricane on record in the open atlantic region outside of the caribbean sea and gulf of mexico.
Maximum sustained winds are 185 mph and central pressure is 914 mb on the 5 pm edt nhc advisory.
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Irma was the first category 5 hurricane to strike the leeward islands on record followed by maria two weeks later.
This after image of an area of key west florida looks eerily fake.
Hurricane irma was an extremely powerful cape verde hurricane that caused widespread destruction across its path in september 2017.
Goes 16 visible satellite imagery showing the evolution of hurricane irma from sep 3 through sep 11 2017.
Irma was a long lived cape verde hurricane that reached category 5 intensity on the saffir simpson hurricane wind scale.
September 5 2017 by bloomberg a satellite image shows the eye of hurricane irma now a category 5 storm in the atlantic ocean sept.
10 satellite ir image showing hurricane irma one of the strongest hurricanes ever in the atlantic basin near peak intensity on the afternoon of september 6 th just north of puerto rico.
The atmospheric infrared sounder or airs instrument aboard nasa s aqua satellite captured infrared temperature data on hurricane irma on sept.
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In the satellite images below the destruction caused by irma is made painfully clear.
The catastrophic hurricane made seven landfalls.