nasa noaas aquamodis satellite captured this image of hurricane irma over the leeward islands and puerto rico on september 6 2017 at 1245 pm edt 1745 utc as of 5 pm on september 6 irma was moving away from the virgin islands and spreading over portions of puerto rico a state of emergency was declared in the state by governor scott on monday hurricane irma was elevated to a category 5 storm on tuesday morning nasaupi w0m3y7.jpg from com irmã View Photo