Hurricane Irma Batters Islands, Threat to Florida

September 6, 2017 – Hurricane Irma remains at Category 5 strength and is moving over St Martin, Anguilla, St Kitts and Nevis this morning. It is expected to reach the British and US Virgin Islands, before passing near or just north of Puerto Rico later today. Forecasters expect the massive storm to turn north towards Turks & Caicos and the southeastern Bahamas, with the potential to reach Florida over the weekend.

And Hurricane Irma is currently just one of three active systems.

Assess Your Impact

EigenAlert subscribers will continue to receive automated notifications, specific to their custom settings, as Hurricane Irma progresses. The EigenPrism real-time event catalog contains forecast wind swaths, observed and forecasted wind footprints and storm surge flooding potential footprints to help users assess and analyze impact on their exposures.