Hurricane Irma is a very strong tropical cyclone that has swept through the islands of Leeward, Barbuda, St. Martin, Puerto Rico, San Bartelme, Cuba, Anguilla, French Antilles , the Virgin Islands, Barbados in the Caribbean and Florida in the southeastern United States . It is the strongest in terms of maximum sustainable winds in the Atlantic and the largest since Wilma in 2005. It is the ninth storm to be named and monitored, the fourth tropical cyclone and the second major hurricane in the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season . September, Irma's speed increased to a grade of 5 at a speed of 295 km / h which kept it for 37 hours, making it the strongest tropical cyclone in 2017. The hurricane will be on August 30 near Cape Verde of the tropical wave moved from the West African coast.