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Tropical cyclone Irma hit several countries along its swath in the Caribbean. On 5-6 September TC Irma made its first landfall on some of the Leeward Islands. The first to be hit was Barbuda as a Category 5 cyclone and later on 6 September on St. Barthélemy, Saint Martin/Sint Marteen and Anguilla. All these islands were within the eyewall of the cyclone and wind gusts up to 70 m/s was reported on Barbuda. The cyclone later hit Virgin Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands and also affected Puerto Rico and Hispaniola. On 8 September the cyclone hit the Bahamas and made landfall on Cuba 8-9 September, also here as a category 5 cyclone. Finally the cyclone made landfall on the southern tip  of Florida on 10 September