Irma – live updates: Florida governor warns storm surge ‘could rush in and kill you’ as deadly hurricane batters state

‘Hurricane Irma has begun its assault on Florida, with the storm’s northern eyewall reaching the lower Florida Keys as a powerful Category 4 storm.
Irma lashed the area with maximum sustained winds near 130 mph (215 kph) and the US National Hurricane Centre said it was expected to remain a powerful storm as it moved through the Florida Keys and near the state’s west coast.
Irma, which killed at least 22 people in the Caribbean, was considered a life-threatening danger in Florida as well, and could inflict a natural disaster causing billions of dollars in damage to the third-most-populous US state.’

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