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| Category 5 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS) | |
 Hurricane Irma near peak intensity approaching the Leeward Islands on September 5 | |
| Formed | August 30, 2017 |
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| Dissipated | September 14, 2017 |
| (Remnant low after September 12) | |
| Highest winds | 1-minute sustained: 180 mph (285 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | 914 mbar (hPa); 26.99 inHg |
| Fatalities | 52 direct, 82 indirect |
| Damage | $77.16 billion (2017 USD) (Fourth-costliest tropical cyclone on record; costliest in Cuban and the Leeward Islands history) |
| Areas affected | Cape Verde, Leeward Islands (especially Barbuda, Saint Barthélemy, Anguilla, Saint Martin and the Virgin Islands), Greater Antilles (Cuba and Puerto Rico), Turks and Caicos Islands, Jamaica, The Bahamas, Eastern United States (especially Florida) |
| Part of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season | |
Hurricane Irma was a Category 5 hurricane in 2017, the 9th named storm, 4th hurricane, 2nd major hurricane, and a 1st Category 5 hurricane of the hyperactive 2017 Atlantic hurricane season. Irma is also the 4th consecutive hurricane of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season—after Franklin, Gert, and Harvey. The storm threatened the Leeward Islands, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Irma was also forecast to threaten the East Coast of the United States, but later forecast to hit Southwest Florida.
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