Hurricane Irma is now a Cat 5, with winds of 180 mph

Hurricane Irma has strengthened to a Category 5 storm, with maximum sustained winds of 180 mph, data from a hurricane-hunter aircraft show. Irma is expected to remain a dangerous hurricane as it approaches the Leeward Islands. It is still too early to tell the exact impact Irma will have on the United States. Although Irma’s path remains uncertain, the possibility it could threaten the United States led Florida Gov. Rick Scott to declare a state of emergency in all 67 […]