6th Test N. Korea 2017
September 3rd, 2017 Nuclear Test by N. Korea
$150,000,000,000 Billion Dollars in damage – 14 Days later Puerto Rico Destroyed!
September 6-20, 2017
The Island is Destroyed
September 6-20, 2017
The Island is Destroyed
September 6-20, 2017
The Island is Destroyed
September 6-20, 2017
The Island is Destroyed
September 6-20, 2017
The Island is Destroyed
September 6-20, 2017
The Island is Destroyed
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)
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,
September 7, 2017
There were 3 simultaneous active hurricanes, Maria, Irma and Jose, the first occurrence since 2010.
Hurricane Irma is the fifth-costliest hurricane to hit the mainland.
United States and caused an estimated $50 billion in damages, 97 Deaths.
September 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.
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.
Sept 19, 2017
Earthquake – magnitude 7.1
Puebla, Mexico
At least 370 people killed, including 228 in Mexico City and 6000 reported injured.
This quake coincidentally occurred on the 32nd anniversary of the 1985 Mexico City earthquake which killed around 10,000 people.
