Irma devastates Caribbean islands as 3rd most intense hurricane landfall on Earth

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Devastation is reported on several of the northeastern islands of the Caribbean, where Category 5 Hurricane Irma made landfall Wednesday. Barbuda, St. Barthelemy, St. Martin and the British Virgin Islands all took direct hits.
With winds of 185 mph, Hurricane Irma tied the 1935 Labor Day Florida Keys hurricane as the most powerful on record to make landfall in the Atlantic basin, tying two other hurricanes as the third most intense landfalling tropical cyclone ever recorded