86K views · 742 reactions | From the fastest-forming Category-5 to the most intense hurricane ever recorded, NOAA satellites have seen it all.  As this year’s hurricane season continues, discover how our eyes in the sky track record-breaking storms to provide critical data and help communities prepare: https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/news/record-breaking-hurricanes-tracked-noaa-satellites | NOAA Satellite and Information Service | Facebook

Hurricane Irma is now one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the Atlantic and is moving through islands in the Caribbean. The storm could make landfall in Florida as a category 4 hurricane this weekend. Meanwhile, two other hurricanes, Jose and Katia, have also formed in the Atlantic. http://on.ktla.com/uFPGN | KTLA 5 News

We now have 3 simultaneous active hurricanes in the Atlantic for the first time since 2010. Category 5 #Irma, Category 1 #Jose, and Category 1 #Katia. Category 5 Hurricane Irma has had maximum sustained winds of 185mph for nearly 36 hours, which makes it the only hurricane in recorded history within the Atlantic or the Eastern Pacific to maintain that caliber of catastrophic intensity for such of a long duration. The system has caused devastating damage in the Lesser Antilles & the Virgin Island