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| How Irma unfolded: the hurricane by the numbers | How Irma unfolded: the hurricane by the numbers |
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| As Hurricane Irma is downgraded to a tropical depression, the estimated cost of recovery is rising as the extent of the damage emerges. Irma hit the Caribbean and then Florida as a monster, wreaking havoc and setting meteorological records. Here is a numerical look at how the storm has played out. | As Hurricane Irma is downgraded to a tropical depression, the estimated cost of recovery is rising as the extent of the damage emerges. Irma hit the Caribbean and then Florida as a monster, wreaking havoc and setting meteorological records. Here is a numerical look at how the storm has played out. |
| 37 | 37 |
| Hours of sustained 185mph winds in the Caribbean – a record. | Hours of sustained 185mph winds in the Caribbean – a record. |
| 130 | 130 |
| Sustained winds at landfall on the Florida Keys, in miles per hour. | Sustained winds at landfall on the Florida Keys, in miles per hour. |
| 142 | 142 |
| Strongest reported gust on the US mainland, at Naples. | Strongest reported gust on the US mainland, at Naples. |
| 6.2 million | 6.2 million |
| Estimated number of people without power around Florida. | Estimated number of people without power around Florida. |
| 6.5 million | 6.5 million |
| Estimated number of people told to evacuate from coastal swaths of Florida – about a third of the state’s population. | Estimated number of people told to evacuate from coastal swaths of Florida – about a third of the state’s population. |
| 160,000 | 160,000 |
| Estimated number of people in shelters. | Estimated number of people in shelters. |
| 12,500 | 12,500 |
| Estimated number of regional flights canceled in the last week. | Estimated number of regional flights canceled in the last week. |
| 27 | 27 |
| Number of people confirmed killed in circumstances related to the storm. | Number of people confirmed killed in circumstances related to the storm. |
| 90 | 90 |
| Estimated percentage of buildings on Barbuda made “uninhabitable”. | Estimated percentage of buildings on Barbuda made “uninhabitable”. |
| 60 | 60 |
| Estimated percentage of buildings on French St Martin made “uninhabitable”. | Estimated percentage of buildings on French St Martin made “uninhabitable”. |
| 500 | 500 |
| Number of British soldiers sent to the Virgin Islands, Anguilla and Turks and Caicos. | Number of British soldiers sent to the Virgin Islands, Anguilla and Turks and Caicos. |
| 32m | 32m |
| Size (in pounds sterling) of the relief fund from the British government. | Size (in pounds sterling) of the relief fund from the British government. |
| 1,115 | 1,115 |
| Number of French gendarmes, police, security, and medical personnel sent to St Martin and St Barthélemy. | Number of French gendarmes, police, security, and medical personnel sent to St Martin and St Barthélemy. |
| 2.2, 85 | 2.2, 85 |
| Tonnage of medical supplies and food sent by France. | Tonnage of medical supplies and food sent by France. |
| 950 | 950 |
| Number of US Marines sent to the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. | Number of US Marines sent to the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. |
| 7,000 | 7,000 |
| Number of Florida national guard troops mobilized. | Number of Florida national guard troops mobilized. |
| 27bn | 27bn |
| Estimated cost of Hurricane Andrew, 1992 (US dollars). | Estimated cost of Hurricane Andrew, 1992 (US dollars). |
| 108bn | 108bn |
| Estimated cost of Hurricane Katrina, 2005 (US dollars). | Estimated cost of Hurricane Katrina, 2005 (US dollars). |
| 70bn-108bn | 70bn-108bn |
| Estimated cost of Hurricane Harvey, 2017 (US dollars). | Estimated cost of Hurricane Harvey, 2017 (US dollars). |
| 15bn | 15bn |
| Size of US relief package approved on Friday for Texas (US dollars). | Size of US relief package approved on Friday for Texas (US dollars). |
| Up to 172bn | Up to 172bn |
| Cost estimates of Hurricane Irma (US dollars). | Cost estimates of Hurricane Irma (US dollars). |
| 17bn | 17bn |
| Current reserve of the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (US dollars). | Current reserve of the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (US dollars). |
| 1 | 1 |
| Open roads to the Florida Keys on Saturday. | Open roads to the Florida Keys on Saturday. |
| 0 | 0 |
| Open roads to the Florida Keys on Sunday. | Open roads to the Florida Keys on Sunday. |
| Sources: the Guardian, Florida division of emergency management, AP, Florida governor Rick Scott, Barbuda prime minister Gaston Browne, Gov.uk, CNN, meteorologists Eric Black and Philip Klotzbach, the New York Times, the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, CoreLogic, National Weather Service, Fema | Sources: the Guardian, Florida division of emergency management, AP, Florida governor Rick Scott, Barbuda prime minister Gaston Browne, Gov.uk, CNN, meteorologists Eric Black and Philip Klotzbach, the New York Times, the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, CoreLogic, National Weather Service, Fema |
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