On Thursday (AEDT) it became the first Atlantic storm with winds raging at 300 km/h or stronger for 24 hours. CNN posted a fascinating graphic showing the extent of the cloud field, which showed it was the size of Texas. Hurricane Irma's cloud field is 300,000 square miles, which would cover the state of Texas https://t.co/30Na0Yjfi0 pic.twitter.com/FbPiBmmOA7 — The Situation Room (@CNNSitRoom) 7 de setembro de 2017Irma's cloud field size of roughly 300,000 m² translates to 777,000 km². Overlaying an image of #Irma over the state of Texas to give you an idea of the size of the hurricane. Well, the state of New South Wales is the closest Aussie state in size to Texas, at around 800,000 km².

Source: Huffington Post September 08, 2017 03:33 UTC