September 6-20, 2017 

Hurricane Irma followed by Hurricane Maria 2 weeks

later Countries affected: Barbados, Saint Maarten,

BVI, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Turks and Caicos Islands,

Cuba, Bahamas, Guadaloupe, Haiti, (most Caribbean

Islands)- (Florida, Tampa, Georgia, Alabama, North and

South Carolina)

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Hurricane Irma - Category 5 

 Sept. 4 Irma strengthened into a Cat. 4 - Florida and Puerto Rico declared a state of emergency

- Approximately 7400 tourists were moved away from beach resorts in the Caribbean

- Sept. 8 all 7000 Florida National Guard troops were ordered on duty.

- 9000 air flights cancelled - 6.5 million Floridians ordered to evacuate

- millions of people without electrical power  25% of buildings were destroyed in the Florida Keys,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 65 percent suffering significant damage.

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Sept. 7, 2017

There were 3 simultaneous active hurricanes, Maria,

Irma and Jose, the first occurrence since 2010.

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Hurricane Irma is the fifth-costliest hurricane

to hit the mainland

United States and caused an estimated $50 billion in damages, 97 Deaths

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Sept 7, 2017 

Earthquake-Magnitude 8.2

Chiapas Mexico:   "Strongest earthquake in a century"

Causing all of Mexico City to tremble, this earthquake also generated a tsunami with waves 5'9" above tide level. The hypocenter was located 28 miles underground off the country’s southwest coast, leveling buildings and causing mass evacuations, and felt by 50 million people (wikipedia).

 

With over 800 aftershocks of all sizes, 60 with a magnitude of 4.5 or greater.  It left more than 100 people dead. The Mexico earthquake triggered alerts as far away as southeast Asia, reports Reuters.  

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Sept. 16 - 28, 2017

Hurricane Maria - Category 5

More than 3,059 dead,

$98 billion of damage

Eastern Caribbean, Bahamas, Puerto Rico and U.S.