Videos show severe weather in Florida as Hurricane Irma makes landfall
Sep 10, 2017, 2:42 PM
PHOENIX — The videos started to arrive in heavy doses from Florida as Hurricane Irma made landfall in the United States.
The hurricane came to southwestern Florida around 4 p.m. eastern time as a Category 3 hurricane at Marco Island.
The stunning force of the storm in the area shows an unimaginable amount of rain and wind.
The outer wall of eye, #hurricaneirma hitting #marcoisland (3pm, 9/10/17) #winknews #weatherchannel #swfl #colliercounty #marcobeach #irma pic.twitter.com/eUIhkQsxGu
— The Bohemian Celiac (@bohemianceliac) September 10, 2017
The hurricane would arrive in Naples and the southwestern portion of the state an hour later, as videos from Naples showed the city in which winds were recorded as high as 142 mph.
Chris Cuomo battling Irma’s full force in Naples. Peak gust 142 mph at 4:35 pm https://t.co/SBp2cjLCIK pic.twitter.com/Gv1IjMAQij
— CNN Weather Center (@CNNweather) September 10, 2017
While the severe portions of the hurricane would not yet arrive in some areas, there was still massive flooding and rain totals in some cities, including Miami. Major streets looked like rivers.
Flooding in Brickell in Miami. #irma pic.twitter.com/dvFVFpo0pU
— Marcus Yam (@yamphoto) September 10, 2017
The aftermath of Hurricane Irma was shown in a video from CNN in the Bahamas, where a beach full of ocean water disappeared, but would later come back.
#HurricaneIrma eerily pushed water away from bays and ports, but experts say the water rushes back as winds shift https://t.co/sTtajL60Wu pic.twitter.com/9LGzTFk51S
— CNN (@CNN) September 10, 2017
A sign of the damage the hurricane could bring to Florida was shown in the Virgin Islands.
Absolute devastation in the US Virgin Islands after #Irma. Forests wiped out as far as the eye can see pic.twitter.com/z8a30nbRMM
— Brian L Kahn (@blkahn) September 10, 2017
The hurricane center says “although weakening is forecast, Irma is expected to remain a hurricane at least through Monday morning.”
The center says the eye of Irma should hug Florida’s west coast through Monday morning and then push more inland over northern Florida and southwestern Georgia Monday afternoon.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
