As Hurricane Irma is downgraded to a tropical depression, the estimated cost of recovery is rising as the extent of the damage emerges. Irma hit the Caribbean and then Florida as a monster, wreaking havoc and setting meteorological records. Here is a numerical look at how the storm has played out.
37
Hours of sustained 185mph winds in the Caribbean – a record.
130
Sustained winds at landfall on the Florida Keys, in miles per hour.
142
Strongest reported gust on the US mainland, at Naples.
6.2 million
Estimated number of people without power around Florida.
6.5 million
Estimated number of people told to evacuate from coastal swaths of Florida – about a third of the state’s population.
160,000
Estimated number of people in shelters.
12,500
Estimated number of regional flights canceled in the last week.
27
Number of people confirmed killed in circumstances related to the storm.
90
Estimated percentage of buildings on Barbuda made “uninhabitable”.
60
Estimated percentage of buildings on French St Martin made “uninhabitable”.
500
Number of British soldiers sent to the Virgin Islands, Anguilla and Turks and Caicos.
32m
Size (in pounds sterling) of the relief fund from the British government.
1,115
Number of French gendarmes, police, security, and medical personnel sent to St Martin and St Barthélemy.
2.2, 85
Tonnage of medical supplies and food sent by France.
950
Number of US Marines sent to the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
7,000
Number of Florida national guard troops mobilized.
27bn
Estimated cost of Hurricane Andrew, 1992 (US dollars).
108bn
Estimated cost of Hurricane Katrina, 2005 (US dollars).
70bn-108bn
Estimated cost of Hurricane Harvey, 2017 (US dollars).
15bn
Size of US relief package approved on Friday for Texas (US dollars).
Up to 172bn
Cost estimates of Hurricane Irma (US dollars).
17bn
Current reserve of the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (US dollars).
1
Open roads to the Florida Keys on Saturday.
0
Open roads to the Florida Keys on Sunday.
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Sources: the Guardian, Florida division of emergency management, AP, Florida governor Rick Scott, Barbuda prime minister Gaston Browne, Gov.uk, CNN, meteorologists Eric Black and Philip Klotzbach, the New York Times, the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, CoreLogic, National Weather Service, Fema
