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| Areas of Naples (above) are now suffering substantial flooding and swathes of the west coast are under 15ft storm surge warnings. The National Hurricane Center said water levels in Naples rose 7ft in just 90 minutes Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4869944/Hurricane-Irma-hits-Florida-s-Key-West-130mph-winds.html#ixzz4sLuwHO1M Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook |
Irma Roars In, and an Entire State Shakes and Shudders.
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| Traffic lights were left swinging in Tampa on Sunday night as 100mph winds brought on by Irma tore through Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4869944/Hurricane-Irma-hits-Florida-s-Key-West-130mph-winds.html#ixzz4sLviQwxT Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook |
The lower half of the nation’s third-most-populous state went into lockdown as residents rode out a storm that was nearly as big as the state of Florida and wondered when it would end.
Downgraded to Category One hurricane after day of destruction and flooding across Florida: Nearly FOUR MILLION are without power and five are killed as 85mph storm nears Tampa
- Hurricane Irma had earlier punished Fort Myers and Naples after making landfall for the second time in Marco Island on Sunday at 3.30pm
- The National Hurricane Center said water levels in Naples rose 7ft in just 90 minutes with substantial flooding
- Irma arrived as a category 4 storm but had fallen to a category 2 by late Sunday afternoon
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| The rough waters where the Miami River meets Biscayne Bay in Miami shows the full effects of Hurricane Irma. Downtown Miami was completely flooded, with waves rolling down the roads Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4869944/Hurricane-Irma-hits-Florida-s-Key-West-130mph-winds.html#ixzz4sLx3P9kf Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook |
Hurricane Irma, also triggered tornadoes and flooding in Miami on the state’s opposite coast.
- More than 170,000 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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- Irma made its first landfall Sunday morning in the Florida Keys. But despite being hit with prolonged periods of hurricane conditions, Key West was largely spared the onslaught many feared.
Once it’s over, forecasters feared that this storm will go down as one of the worst in the state’s history.