Hurricane Irma: the numbers behind the record-breaking storm

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Thursday, September 7, 2017
How Hurricane Irma is breaking Atlantic storm records

Hurricane Irma is causing havoc across the Caribbean as it heads towards South Florida. The Category 5 storm has been called the biggest in the Atlantic within a decade.

Accuweather explains some of the numbers behind the record-breaking storm in the video above.

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