Hurricane Irma has eye on Florida Keys

Published September 9, 2017 1:26pm ET



Forecasters predict the eye of Hurricane Irma will make landfall over the Florida Keys and from there will track north over the west coast of the Sunshine State, threatening cities like Tampa Bay.

The latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center said Irma has weakened to a Category 4 storm after it made landfall in Cuba late last night with 130 miles-per-hour sustained maximum winds. However, parts of southern Florida still face dangerous wind and rainfall conditions, as well as “life-threatening” storm surge. In the Keys alone, 5 to 10 feet of storm surge is possible.

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