This man works at the National Hurricane Centre and this is what he has to say about Irma
Only a few days after Hurricane Harvey poured record rainfall on Houston, Texas, and the surrounding area - damaging tens of thousands of homes and claiming at least 60 lives - eyes are turning to the building Hurricane Irma.
The hurricane is proceeding over the Atlantic towards Florida, and according to Nasa:
Irma is an extremely dangerous category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.
Some fluctuations in intensity are likely during the next day or two, but Irma is forecast to remain a powerful category 4 or 5 hurricane during the next couple of days.
Its tied for the second strongest storm ever observed in the Atlantic.
Taylor Trogdon is a senior scientist at the National Hurricane Center, and he tweeted about Irma's satellite imagery.
His harrowing words have obviously not gone down well on Twitter:
Trogdon has tweeted and retweeted some other pieces of advice for those in the path of Irma:
A Hurricane Warning is currently in effect for:
- Antigua, Barbuda, Anguilla, Montserrat, St. Kitts, and Nevis
- Saba, St. Eustatius, and Sint Maarten
- Saint Martin and Saint Barthelemy
- British Virgin Islands
- U.S. Virgin Islands
- Puerto Rico, Vieques, and Culebra
- Dominican Republic from Cabo Engano to the northern border with Haiti
- Guadeloupe
It's not currently known which trajectory Irma will take and whether it will make landfall on Florida, but it's certainly concerning for residents.
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