<p>ATLANTIC OCEAN (<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:2017-09-05" title="Category:2017-09-05">Sept. 5, 2017</a>) A GOES satellite image showing Hurricane Irma in the Atlantic Ocean, North of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a>. The storm is a category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale. Maximum sustained winds have increased to 175 mph (281 km/h) with higher gusts. Some fluctuations in intensity are likely during the next day or two, but Irma is forecast to remain a powerful category 4 hurricane. Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 45 miles (75 km) from the center (over <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Antigua_and_Barbuda" title="Antigua and Barbuda">Antigua and Barbuda</a>) and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 140 miles (220 km). The estimated minimum central pressure is 937 mb (27.67 inches). (U.S. Navy photo/Released) 170905-N-N0101-001
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/usnavy/37044690075/">A GOES satellite image showing Hurricane Irma in the Atlantic Ocean.</a>