Hurricane Irma appears to be “getting even better organized,” warned a National Hurricane Center scientist, suggesting that the Category 5 storm isn’t losing steam as it barrels through the Caribbean on Wednesday.
“Hard to believe but #Irma is getting even better organized on satellite during the last few hours- very disturbing,” tweeted Eric Blake said on his personal Twitter account in the early evening hours on Wednesday.
He shared a GIF from satellite imagery that ran from around noon to 6 p.m. Eastern.
Hard to believe but #Irma is getting even better organized on satellite during the last few hours- very disturbing. pic.twitter.com/qt2HrTYK2c
— Eric Blake ? (@EricBlake12) September 6, 2017
Irma is already one of the strongest storms on record to be observed in the Atlantic Ocean and has maintained maximum sustained winds of 185 miles per hour. Three people have been reported dead in connection with the storm as it flies through a string of small Caribbean islands on its way to Puerto Rico, and is projected to reach Florida by weekend’s end.
Earlier in the day Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center declared that two other hurricanes had formed in the Atlantic, Jose and Katia, one after the other.
