Hurricane Irma hits Cuba as a Category 5REUTERS Hurricane Irma lashes Cuba after hitting the eastern Caribbean, killing 21 people and leaving catastrophic destruction in its wake. Hurricane Irma has strengthened and made landfall in Cuba as a Category 5 storm, after it killed 21 people in the eastern Caribbean and left catastrophic destruction in its wake. ALEXANDRE MENEGHINI/REUTERS Palm trees sway in the wind prior to the arrival of the Hurricane Irma in Cuba. ALEXANDRE MENEGHINI/REUTERS People protect the windows of a house prior to the arrival of the Hurricane Irma in Caibarien, Cuba, September 7, 2017. REUTERS Helicopter footage over the British and US Virgin Islands shows the extent of the devastation left behind by Hurricane Irma.

Source: Stuff September 09, 2017 02:22 UTC