One of the most powerful hurricanes to develop in the Atlantic basin is shaping up to be a perfect but "potentially catastrophic" storm as it remains on course to hit the US state of Florida by Sunday.
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| Latest imagery of super hurricane Irma as it neared the island of Barbuda. |
Phil Klotzbach, an atmospheric research scientist at Colorado State University said the descriptor of Hurricane Irma as perfect was "fair" given its huge size and shape.
"Storms don't get much more impressive on satellite than Irma right now," Dr Klotzback told Fairfax Media. "That's the hurricane paradox - so amazingly beautiful from afar and so terrorising if you're in one.”
Irma has already begun to challenge the record books as it intensified on Tuesday, local time, into a category 5 hurricane with sustained winds reaching 185 miles per hour (297 km/h).
Read Peter Hannam’s story in today’s Melbourne Age - “Hurricane Irma shaping to be a perfect - but 'potentially catastrophic' - storm.”
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