Sun rises over shattered Florida: 5.8million are
left without power and at least five dead after Hurricane Irma ground her way
across the state before being downgraded to a tropical storm
Irma weakened to a tropical storm today, as it
continued to pummel northern Florida. The storm is expected to move into
Georgia later today, where Atlanta has been put on a tropical storm warning for
the first time ever. About 5.8 million people are without power in the state
and it could take up to a week for it to be restored.
Irma made landfall in the
Florida Keys early Monday morning then pushed up the Gulf Coast. The National
Hurricane Center said water levels in Naples rose 7ft in just 90 minutes with
substantial flooding. Five deaths reported in Florida so far but officials
admit they do not have a definitive number of fatalities yet.
The storm has
toppled cranes, swallowed streets and ripped the roofs off homes. Nearly seven
million people had been told to leave their homes in mandatory or voluntary
evacuation orders. More than 200,000 people waited in shelters statewide as
Irma headed up the coast. The storm has already claimed at least 25 lives
across the Caribbean since it took hold earlier in the week
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