Eye of Hurricane Irma taken from the International Space Station (ISS) on the 5th September 2017. Irma made landfall on the Leeward Islands as a category 5 storm with sustained winds of 295 kilometres per hour in the early morning of the 6th September. First hit was Barbuda, where over 90% of buildings were destroyed. Significant damage and loss of life were reported on the other Leeward Islands as Irma continued northwards. Data obtained by the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) 16.NasaScience Photo Library