And it's not the only hurricane worth following right now. Trump says he'll be having additional meetings about coordination for the storm response. ___ 
 
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 Hurricane Irma has weakened to a Category 2 storm, technically losing its major hurricane status, after making landfall in southwestern Florida. The hurricane center says the eye of Irma should hug Florida's west coast through Monday morning and then push more inland over northern Florida and southwestern Georgia on Monday afternoon. USA TODAY 
 
 Irma's track marked the first time the Tampa-St. Petersburg region was the target of a major hurricane in almost a century. ___ 
 
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 Officials are warning boaters to stay away from the Florida Keys in the wake of Hurricane Irma. ***EVERYONE IN THE FLORIDA KEYS*** 
 
 
 
 ***IT IS TIME TO HUNKER DOWN*** 
 
 
 
 ***THE WORST WINDS ARE YET TO COME***#Irma#FLkeys#flwxpic.twitter.com/lmHTcRv68l — NWS Key West (@NWSKeyWest) September 10, 2017 
 
 Irma slammed into Cudjoe Key on Sunday morning as a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 130 mph. The House leadership will keep tabs on the situation and announce updates as necessary. The National Hurricane Center said Irma had winds of 120 mph (195 kilometers) and was centered 20 miles (30 kilometers) south of Naples on Sunday afternoon. The water is normally about 4 to 5 feet (1 to 1.5 meters) deep and reaches a seawall. ___ 
 
 2 p.m. The east shift didn't change conditions for Central Florida and the east coast, Hurricane Center acting Director Ed Rappaport said. ___ 
 
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 An apparent tornado spun off by Hurricane Irma has destroyed six mobile homes in Florida. ___ 
 
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 Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Elaine Duke says she doesn't have any doubt that the federal government can respond to Hurricane Irma and the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey simultaneously. "I don’t have any doubt … that as a federal government we can do this and will do this," she said. "People are going to be in our shelters for awhile," Scott said. The governor said he doesn't know what storm preparations have taken place at the governor's mansion, located a few blocks north of the Capitol. He said he "hasn't really been there" because he has been in other parts of the state or at the state emergency operations center. Irma was expected to roll Monday into Georgia, where Gov. Nathan Deal's new emergency declaration came Sunday as Irma churned near Florida. Millions of Floridians evacuated ahead of the historic storm, and more than 3.4 million power customers — about 7 million people — were without electricity Sunday. More: Utility: Up to 9 million people could lose power during Hurricane Irma 
 
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 Emergency management officials were concerned that east coast residents who evacuated might try to return home after Irma's track veered toward the Gulf coast. "Be prepared for a storm that we've never seen before," Buckhorn tweeted. The president told reporters outside of the White House on Sunday that he will visit Florida "very soon." President Trump spoke to the governors of Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee, and has been speaking regularly with Florida's Scott and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., the White House said. ___ 
 
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 High winds are impeding Miami authorities' ability to reach a construction crane toppled by Hurricane Irma. Miami-Dade County Director of Communications Mike Hernandez said emergency personnel couldn't immediately respond to the scene because of high winds. ___ 
 
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 Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte says the death toll caused by Hurricane Irma on the Caribbean territory of St. Maarten has risen to four. The states of Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana and Illinois all could face severe effects from the storm before it quiets by week's end, the National Weather Service said. The declaration makes federal aid available for several counties affected by the storm, including Miami-Dade. The state Division of Emergency Management did not specify which shelters had the most people. ___ 
 
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 For the first time, a tropical storm warning has been issued for the city of Atlanta. The warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected within the next 36 hours. A news conference to update the status of outages across the state was interrupted — by a power outage. Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach says this is the first year on record that the United States has been hit by two storms that were Category 4 upon landfall: Harvey and Irma. Looters proved to be a problem too, with thousands of businesses and homes empty due to evacuations. She adds: "I'm hoping it comes out unscathed, but I know better." Florida Power and Light, which serves nearly 10 million people in southern Florida, expects about 6 million people will be affected by the storm. The Florida Highway Patrol says two people have died in a head-on crash in a county where Hurricane Irma's wind and rain have started to blow in. A Hardee County sheriff's deputy and a prison employee died in a vehicle crash related to Irma on Sunday, officials said. "This underscores just how dangerous the roads are because it was just a single vehicle," Drozd told reporters. In a tweet early Sunday, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office asked the thousands of people who had shared the page to also share their request for volunteers needed at hurricane shelters. Despite a 10-mile east shift Sunday afternoon Hurricane Irma still was poised to travel north and strike Tampa as a weaker storm before daybreak Monday, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm made landfall on the Florida Keys and later near Naples, but Florida's eastern coast was far from spared Sunday from the almost 400-mile-wide storm. "Incredible wind that won't stop." Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport — the world's busiest airport — could see disruptions as Irma moves north. Emergency crews in Naples were working with the help of backup generators good for up to four days and able to be refueled. As of 6 a.m. EDT, forecasters say the Category 4 storm is centered about 30 miles (50 kilometers) south of the island. CLOSE Hurricane Irma may have weakened, but it's still a big storm with clouds stretching from West Virginia to the Florida Keys. ET, Irma's winds had slowed somewhat to maximum sustained speed of 100 mph, but continued to barrel north at 14 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the Miami Executive Airport has measured a sustained wind speed of 46 mph (74 kph) with a gust of up to 61 mph (98 kph).
– Hurricane Irma has made a second landfall in Florida as it moves up the state's west coast. No. 2 came at 3:35pm at Marco Island, about 15 miles from Naples, while Irma was a Category 3 storm, per the Guardian. As of 5pm, it had been downgraded to a Category 2, though winds were still a powerful 110mph. That is technically below "major hurricane" status, notes the AP, though the distinction may be small comfort to cities along its path. Perhaps the biggest concern continues to be the densely populated Tampa-St. Petersburg area, thought to be "woefully ill-equipped" to handle such a big storm, per the Washington Post. Irma should arrive there after midnight. “Today is going to the be the long day,” says Mark DeMaria of the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Though Miami avoided a direct hit, the driving rain and storm surges have flooded parts of the downtown area, particularly the Brickell neighborhood. And two construction cranes have collapsed onto buildings in Miami, though no casualties were reported. In Palm Bay, also on the east coast, a related tornado destroyed six mobile homes, reports USA Today. Irma is on track to hit Georgia Monday morning, and a state of emergency was in effect for all 159 counties. On Sunday morning, Irma made its first landfall at Cudjoe Key in the Florida Keys.