From Jenna Orkin

Hurricane Irma destroyed so many plants in the Caribbean that entire islands changed colour

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• "Irma is the strongest Atlantic basin hurricane ever recorded outside the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.
• It spent three days as a Category 5 hurricane, the longest Category 5 hurricane since satellite storm-tracking began.
• No storm on record has maintained winds 185 mph or above for as long as Irma (total of 37 hours).
• It prompted the largest evacuation in the history of the Bahamas — and potentially the largest in the US."

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A surreal legal battle over whether a monkey can own a selfie is finally over