07 September, 2017

Florida nervously tracks Hurricane Irma as Caribbean endures storm’s wrath.

MIAMI — As Caribbean islands pummeled by Hurricane Irma began to grapple with the monster storm’s toll Thursday, nervous residents of South Florida packed highways seeking safer ground amid forecasts warning that Irma posed an increasing threat to the highly populated area.
Sophia Johnson, 6, talks to her mom,
Kace Johnson after they finished filling
10 sandbags with dirt provided by
Sarasota County at the Newtown Estates
 Recreation Center on Sep. 6, 2017,
in Sarasota, Fla. 
The National Hurricane Center said a hurricane watch will likely be called later Thursday for parts of South Florida and the Keys — both areas that have begun ordering evacuations — as Irma’s Category 5 force pinwheeled eastward through the Caribbean leaving a wake of leveled neighborhoods, ravaged seafronts and at least 10 people dead.

Irma continued grinding onward toward the Bahamas with winds hitting 180 mph and higher gusts registered, according to the hurricane center, which warned of storm surges capable of swallowing huge sections of the coast.


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