Gulf Of Mexico, United States. 05th Sep, 2017. Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 storm is shown approaching the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico in the eastern Caribbean as seen from the GOES-16 satellite September 5, 2017. Imra is packing winds of 185-mph making it the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean. Credit: Planetpix/Alamy Live News

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Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 storm is shown approaching the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico in the eastern Caribbean as seen from the GOES-16 satellite September 5, 2017. Imra is packing winds of 185-mph making it the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean.

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