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News Report On Hurricane Irma In Florida

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Rationale The aim of news report is to introduce a common natural disaster; hurricane. which take place around us. Taking into consideration the significance of this problem, I decided the writer to be an international journalist in Florida, US. I hope this report will give people alert and find the solution of predicting hurricane. One of the resources was written by Lisa J. Huriash. She introduced the recent deadliest hurricane "Hurricane Irma" in Florida in September, 2017. It was extremely harmful that 72 people were dead in the storm. The reason the storm was especially deadly was because of the path it took. The other two resources separately reported the debris cleanup work and the analysis of the formation and path of the storm. A news report is the most appropriate in introducing the seriousness of the natural disaster. Furthermore, news report is the most authoritative text type that reveal the truth. The audience of the news report is citizens and governments.

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Hurricane Irma in Florida
——the most deadliest storm in recent years
By Peter
12/27/2017 …show more content…

Parts of the city of Miami were under water as Hurricane Irma heads for mainland Florida, triggering storm surges across the south of the state. Irma was downgraded to a category three storms at 1900 GMT, but made landfall on Marco Island off Florida's west coast with winds of up to 120mph. About 2ft of water has been seen in Miami's financial district, where one major street resembled a river. Earlier Irma struck the Florida Keys. More than 1million homes were destroyed. 6.3 million people in Florida were told to evacuate, with warnings of a "life-threatening" storm surge. Extreme winds and storm surges continued in the Lower Florida Keys area, which includes Key

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