Florida after Irma. How Florida is restored after Hurricane "Irma"

Residents of Florida, shocked by Hurricane Irma, return to destroyed at home.

The remains of Hurricane Irma, who fell to a tropical storm, went deep into the United States, leaving more than half of all states without a part of property and immersing the city streets of Orlando, Miami and the rugish coastal cities under the water. It affected coastal zone Georgia states and South Carolina.

Reduced to the tropical storm Irma, on Monday was one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes before Sunday, he collapsed to the Florida Key area and went north along the coast of the Gulf of Mexican, moving deep into the United States, damaging the third most densely populated state of the United States, writes Reuters.

Nevertheless, the scale of destruction in Florida and the neighboring states fled compared to the complete devastation of the Hurricane IRMA fifth category in some parts Caribbeanwhere the storm killed almost 40 people - at least 10 of them in Cuba - before the manifestation of his rage in Florida.

The resort archipelago of the United States "Florida Ki" was especially difficult, which is located in the Gulf of Mexico and connects with the mainland one narrow highway, said Governor Rick Scott at a press conference on Monday. "There is a destruction," he said, adding that almost every mobile home on the islands chain remained overwhelmed. "It's terrible what we have seen."

While some evacuated from Florida ki expressed anger to the fact that the authorities refuse to allow them to return to their homes on Monday, the US Department of Defense reported that 10,000 inhabitants who stayed on the island could now be in a difficult situation and need Evacuation.

Florida ki residents were mainly evacuated before the storm hit, but now the police set the checkpoint on the track in order to prevent the return of displaced residents back, as the authorities work on the restoration of electricity, water, fuel supply and medical care.

Montro County Fire Protection Employees stated that later they would return access to the road on Tuesday morning at 7 am local time for residents and business owners from Largo, the main island in the upper end of the archipelago, as well as the cities of Taverns and Islamorad further south.

Situation in Miami after Hurricane Irma. In Miami, which miraculously escaped the most destructive winds of Irma, but who experienced a strong flood, the inhabitants of the Little Haiti area returned to the wreckage of houses and trailers who were broken by storm in sins.

"I wanted to cry, but this is what is, this is life," said 67-year-old Melid Hernandez, who came out after the storm from the neighboring church, looking at the ruins of her dwelling, split into two parts fallen trees.

About the serious flood on Monday reported in the northeastern part of Florida, including Jacksonville, where the police saved the inhabitants from the water, since the St. John's River rose to the level invisible since 1846.

"Stay inside. Climb. Do not go out," the Jacksonville site reports to warning residents. "There are floodings throughout the city." The city also warned the inhabitants that they fear snakes and alligators who came to the houses due to flooding.

Before dawn on Monday, the troops of the National Guard Florida and local firefighters saved about 150 people from dozens of flooded houses in Western Orlando and transported them on large trucks and rescue boats in the shelter at higher territories.

Later, Irma moved to Georgia, lowered the wind speed to 100 km / h, the tidal waves of the storm led to floods in coastal cities in Brunswick and Savannah, Georgia, in Charleston, South Carolina.

Victims of Hurricane Irma in the USA

The storm found his first sacrifice on weekends in Florida Ki - a man found dead in Picap, who crashed into a tree due to a strong wind.

On Sunday in Ordzh County, Florida, it was reported that, more than one more, possibly associated with the storming of the fatal car accident. According to local authorities, on Monday, two people were killed by the fall of trees in two suburbs of Atlanta.

According to the state, about 6.5 million people, about one third of the Florida's population, were taken out of their homes before the arrival of Ira, and more than 200,000 people were looking for asylum in 700 shelters.

The state authorities call on evacuated people throughout the state to stay in place and do not rush home, stating that many lines of power lines, scattered a lot of debris, there are other dangers including snakes and aligators in people's homes. "Do not expose your life with great risk," said Governor Rick Scott.

One of the biggest problems were large-scale power outages, about 7.4 million homes and enterprises remained without electricity in Florida and neighboring states. The authorities stated that the weeks may be required to fully restore the service of enterprises and households. Governor Scott said that 65% of Florida residents were without electricity.

Movement to Florida and from it also remained unchanged. Miami International Airport, one of the most loaded in the country, stopped passenger flights, at least on Monday.

The police of Miami-Deid and Fort Lauderdale police reported on 48 arrests for looting.

The insured loss of property in Florida is expected due to Hurricane Irma will be from 20 to $ 40 billion. US dollars. This indicator, below for the previous forecasts of up to $ 50 billion on insurance losses, helped soothe Wall Street, because there were concerns that IRMA will reduce economic growth in the United States.

Florida was a victim of Hurricane "Irma", which swept through the territory of the United States on September 10, 2017. Photos of the consequences of the elements are just terrifying. They show what kind of destruction left the hurricane.

Hurricane "Irma" swept along the coast of Florida on Sunday, September 10. In its strength, he was attributed to the 4th category. Having come across the northwestern part of the state, the storm weakened, reaching the level of a tropical storm to Monday. According to forecasts of the National Center of Hurricanes, the storm should be softened to the state of tropical depression.

After himself, "Irma" left serious destruction:

• some houses are completely destroyed, and many people have lost her head over their heads;
• on the streets, completely fallen trees and electroopers;
• flooded significant territories;
• boats thrown over the waves to the shore;
• torn cars.

Evacuation of residents of the state

Before the start of a hurricane, about 6.3 million people were evacuated from the alleged disaster points. Such data provided the Floridian Emergency Management Department. People went out of their homes, grabbing only the most valuable and necessary things.

The government organized a mandatory evacuation of citizens from the most dangerous regions. 4 days before the hurricane coming, Governor Florida Rick Scott signed the corresponding decree.

Consequences of hurricane

Wind speed reached 70 miles per hour (more than 110 km / h). Hurricane overturns yachts and other light motor vessels. In the photo below, the yacht was captured, which was thrown on the coast in Biscayin Bay (Florida).

In the northern part of Miami Street along the coast flooded with water. People leave their dwellings by collecting the necessary things in garbage bags.

In addition to the strong winds, the Hurricane "Irma" brought with him heavy rains. The element left behind the destroyed houses, overturned power lines, flooded cars and fallen trees.

The photo shows as Maida Estevez. This woman, like many residents of Florida, has become a victim of a natural cataclysm. She stands in a destroyed house, in the middle of the room, which was once a living room.

A neighbor Maida Estevez - Jorge Gonzalez, shows which losses hit the hurricane of his property. It suffered not only the house, but also a car of a man.

After the end of the hurricane, many settlements were de-energized. More than 2 million citizens remained without electricity.

Flood

Storm rains led to the flooding of many territories. People were forced to leave the suburbs due to the increased water level.

In the city of Orlando (Florida), the military personnel Army National Guard SPC Thomas Hogan saved a dog from a flooded area.

In the photo taken in the Daytona Beach area, it can be seen as a man moves through a flooded street.

In the Northern Port, the police tried to pull the car out of the water, which was very victim from the storm.

Hurricane's peak fell on Sunday (September 10). The inhabitants of Miami and other cities of Florida had to wade through the flooded streets, resisting the strong streams of the wind.

The power of the element

During the storm, the wind reached such a force that he dug big trees with roots and borrowed concrete poles of power transmission. The following photo shows a powerful design that fell from the onslaught of nature. The concrete pillar fell by the wind near the condominium building on the ocean coast in Boca Raton.

Most of the properties were crushed under a powerful Natius "Irma."

The electric pillar, which fell to the State Highway A1A, in Boca Raton, is under the protection of a police patrol.

Some localities have felt the effect of natural cataclysm as much as possible. In the photo made in Tampa, it can be seen as a young man passes through the boulevard of Beishor past the dusting tree. At this time, powerful thunder clouds continue to circle over his head.

Some residential buildings in Tampa were completely destroyed by elements.

In some areas, Miami and other places there are machines that were overturned by a gusty wind.

The next photo shows how a large truck turned over on the side, under the powerful impact of wind and flood. This snapshot was also made in Miami.

The hurricane was such a force that the trees hardened. Palm trees that were planted not so long ago, the wind ran on Miami Beach roads.

This tree, fallen in Kissimmi, collapsed to Earth a few meters from the residential building, miraculously not hooking the structure.

The following image shows a refueling station to North-Redington Beach, where the storm wind fell a huge design.

In Orlando, the DoubleTree hotel was Siding. One of the correspondents of the Swiss Public Broadcasting - Thomas von Grunigen - posted a photo of this building in Twitter. It was done on Monday in the morning, after the element subsided. Especially injured 4 upper floors.

The storm wind had such force and the power that the sand from the beach of Fort Lauderdale, moved to the nearby boulevard.

Flood in Jacksonville broke the record installed in 1964

By the Monday morning, the water level reached a 60.4 inches (more than 153 cm). This is significantly higher than when flooding 1964.

Saint-Jones River left the shores. Her water was flooded with the nearby territory of the Medical Center "Saint Vinset" (Jacksonville).

About 5.8 million homes and enterprises in the states of Florida and Georgia seem lifeless. Residents of districts, where a powerful impact of the elements was predicted, pre-leaving safe places.

The reporter of the Huffpost edition, Sebastian Murdoch, posted on his page in Twitter photo of the empty hotel in Miramare, where he stopped.

"Irma" destroyed a whole species of mammals

Hurricane "Irma" brought trouble not only in Florida. Having collapsed into Cuba, he caused the death of a whole view of Capromys Auritus rats, also called Cuban Huttes.

These rodents have long come to the threat of extinction. Kubinskie Huttes will weigh 1-1.5 kg. In length, the body reaches 28 cm, and the sizes of the tail are approximately 18 cm.

Hurricane "Irma" caused the formation of high waves that collapsed on the island and led to the flooding of the huge territory of mangrove forests, where this type of animals lived.

The natural element caused the death of several hundred Iguan. Also, sea sponges and corals suffered from the hurricane.

Florida under the blow of "Irma": how did the hurricane survive in the USA?

In Florida began rescue and restoration work, after a hurricane "Irma" hit the staff on Monday. Approaching Miami, the hurricane weakened, but Irma still caused significant damage to many state cities.

Local media reports on four dead. The situation on the islands of Florida Kis, about 25 km from Miami, rescuers are described as a humanitarian crisis.

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On the night of September 10, the wind speed in Hurricane "Irma" reached 160 km / h. "Irma" is now classified as a tropical storm and stopped considered to be hurricane.

Earlier, Irma hit Cuba, bringing torrential rains and a squall wind. According to the media, the wind speed in Cuba reached 250 kilometers per hour, the wave height is seven meters.

Also, "Irma" almost completely destroyed the island of Barbuda, but bypassed the Bahamas.

Crisis on Florida Kis

Jane O." Brian, Correspondent BBC from Miami

In general, Miami could not take a lot more. The Hurricane Center did not go through the city itself, but heavily buried Florida Kis (a chain of coral islands at a distance of about 25 km from the coast of the United States). It is to the islands that the life of the rescuers is riveted.

Communication with the islands was bad on Friday. A certain number of people evacuated and stopped in the same hotel as we, and with difficulty, it was hard to keep in touch with relatives who remained.

As reported, about 10 thousand people remained on the islands. We do not know what they are now.

The first thing to be to make rescuers is to check how many of the 42 bridges connecting the islands among themselves remained integer. If it is not functional at least one, then problems may arise - some of the islands may be in isolation.

The whole area of \u200b\u200bthe islands is closed - it is impossible to get there, until the authorities finish assessment of damage.

Scale of the rescue operation

More than 3.4 million homes around the state of Florida remain without electricity. Only in Miami tormented 80% of all high-voltage wires, large areas of the city were flooded, although the city did not cause catastrophic damage compared to many other parts of the state.

On the video from drone From the city of Naplz, on the bank of the Gulf of Mexico, about 200 km north-west of Miami, a rows of destroyed single-storey houses and flooded streets between them are visible.

Right holder illustration Reuters. Image Caption. South coast Florida with its resorts suffered most

President Donald Trump allocated a large amount from the budget for the help of Florida, named Hurricane "Irma" "huge monster."

Money will go on medical service, palace analysis, reducing power supply and repair of buildings.

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Saint-Martin Island: before and after Hurricane "Irma"

Managing rescue works in Monroe County (population of 73 thousand people) Martin Centrefitt says that a numerous rescue mission, organized by the Air Force and the National Guard, will soon arrive in the state, according to the Miami Herald.

On Florida-Ki, which belong to Monroe's County, as part of the mission should arrive "Emergency Funeral Commands".

Right holder illustration Reuters. Image Caption. With a hurricane, several fatal car accidents are associated

Director of the Rescue Program Department in the Government of Brian Kun told reporters that before rescue operation Install the exact number of victims will be impossible.

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Governor of Florida Rick Scott in the morning on Monday continued to write warnings in Twitter. "Even the running stream of water in a depth of six inches can knock you down with the legs," the governor wrote. "Stay at home - stay safe," writes Scott in Twitter.

Right holder illustration Getty Images Image Caption. "Irma" according to the latest reports

What do local residents say

"We constantly feel like the building swinging as if on the ship," said the owner of the restaurant and apartments in the 35-storey house Dimi Lomas Reuters.

With hurricane, at least four deaths are associated among local residents.

The police officer who worked in the anti-uprag of refuge died when he drove into the car home and ran into another car. Driving that car was also a policeman, and he also died.

In the County Orange, the driver was killed in the car accident.

Another deadly accident occurred in the city of Marathon Marathon.

Before hurricane reached the state, local authorities They ordered a evacuation of 6.3 million inhabitants of coastal areas - this is more than a quarter of the entire population of Florida.

Actually stopped work international Airports Fort Lauderdale and Miami.

"Irma" in the Caribbean

Hurricane "Irma" came to Florida from Caribbean Islands, Kuba, Cuba and Puerto Rico.

More than a million people were injured on the Caribbean Basin Islands, more than a million people were injured. According to the organization, the strongest hurricane destroyed almost all buildings on the barbud and left the inhabitants of Puerto Rico without electricity, and also brought significant destruction on the British Virgin Islands, Saint-Martin Islands, Saint-Bartelemy and Saint Kitts and Nevis.

According to the latest data, the hurricane was lost 10 people.

The Red Cross allocated about 600 thousand Swiss francs to prepare for prompt assistance to the population, which may suffer due to hurricane.

In Puerto Rico, which is an American territory, 6,000 people still remain in shelters, they remained much more left without electricity.

In Cuba, 10 people became victims of the elements, in the capital of the island, Havana, no electricity.

The National Hurricanes Observation Center informs that the epicenter of Irma is now 85 km east of Talahassi to Florida. Wind speed in the epicenter is about 95 km / h or 26.3 m / s. At a speed of about 28 km / h, Irma moves to the southeastern regions of Georgia and on Tuesday, as expected, the eastern regions of Alabama will affect.

Irma was the cause of the strongest for 100 years of flooding in Jacksonville: the historical maximum waters installed in 1864, the water level in some areas in the central part of the city reached 1.2 meters.

Already from today, you can submit official applications about the damage caused by Irma personal property and business. If the hurricane damaged your property, make confirmation of pictures and send an application for damage.

In Atlanta, for the first time in the history of the city, a warning of a tropical storm was announced. One of the largest US aircraft, an important transport node, announced partial closure. The first to cancel the flights was reported by Delta, more than 800 flights were canceled.

Residents start returning from the shelters to their homes. Information does not receive information about large-scale destruction, report only about the fallen trees.

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The National Meteorological Service issued a tornado warning for Charleston, South Carolina. Warning in strength up to 1 hour local time.

The National Center of Hurricanes has just released an updated Irma projection, which shows the approaching storm to the border of Florida and Georgia. "Irma continues to weaken, moving at the extreme northern part of Florida," said in the center.

Mayor Miami Thomas Reglado said that about 72% of the city is de-energized, but officials have a recovery plan. According to Roegalado, the biggest problem is related to the roads, adding that thousands of trees were caught.

10:00 On Monday, at the very loaded Atlanta Airport, Georgia, about 900 flights were canceled due to the Irma storm. These cancellations constitute about a third of the entire airport schedule.

In addition, Delta's airline told customers who were going to fly to Atlant on Monday and on Tuesday, change their route. The airline will not charge for cancellation of armor.

Southwest Airlines declares that on Monday will work in abbreviated mode in Atlanta and Birmingham. The airline hopes to normalize the work at these airports on Tuesday.

08:50 The Governor of Florida urges people not to return to the house until they inform about it.

08:30 Hurricane Irma has weakened to a tropical storm with wind gusts up to 112 km / h. It is expected that it will weaken even more, because it continues to advance further deep into the country.

07:30 Hurricane Irma has weakened to 1 category and is 80 km from the Tampa Bay area with a population of about three million people. In the south of the state, at least three people were killed. Now in the forecasts - the flood, which has already begun in Miami.

The hurricane loses its strength, the maximum stable wind speed - up to 140 km / h.

According to the National Center of Hurricanes, although the power of the element is weakening, it should be feared at least until the end of Monday.

7:00 The National Center for Hurricanes also warns about the threat of a tornado in the northeast of Florida, Southeast Georgia and South Carolinawhich will continue until the morning of Tuesday.

6:30 Hurricane Irma has become the most powerful tropical hurricane at the US Atlantic Coast over a decade and inflicted huge destruction in the territory of several island states Caribbean:

• Cuba: The victims are not reported, although the power recalled significant losses. There is no electricity in Havana.

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• Saint-Martin and Saint-Bartelemy: 60% of all houses on Saint-Martin island, which is divided between France and the Netherlands into two parts, unsuitable for life, said French power. In the French part of the island, nine people died, seven people were missing. Four people died in the Dutch territory of the island.
• Terks and Caicos British overseas territory: Significant destruction.
• Antigua and Barbuda: 95% of the buildings of this small island are destroyed; Prime Minister Gaston Brown reported that the recovery would cost $ 100,000,000. One person died.
• Anguilla: Significant destruction, one person died
• Puerto Rico: More than six thousand inhabitants of this American territory are hidden in shelters and many remained without electricity. At least three people died.
• British Virgin Islands: Five people died, serious destruction.

• Virgin Islands USA: Four people died, strongly damaged infrastructure facilities

6:00 What is known about hurricanes "José" and "Katya"?

Hurricane José, who followed the Hurricane Irma, has a fourth category and wind speed at its perimeter reaches 190 km per hour. Initially, he threatened with the same territories by which Hurricane "Irma" struck, but by now he devoted to the north towards the open ocean.

Hurricane Katya, who originated in the Gulf of Mexico, has the first category of a tropical storm. He hit the Mexican state of Veracruz in the evening on Friday, and then turned into a tropical anticyclone.

Hurricane Irma has weakened to the second category of five possible, but continues to move the depth. His speed immediately after midnight is about 50 meters per second. In the south of the state, several people were killed. Now in the forecasts - the flood, which has already begun in Miami.