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Hurricane Irma: Updates and Impacts

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Contrary to initial forecasts that projected Irma would make its way up the East Coast, the storm took a critical turn once it hit the Florida Keys and is now moving westward along the Florida coast. Petersburg, Port Everglades and Jacksonville were closed to traffic on Sunday, September 10.

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Hurricane Irma Updates

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Six islands in the Bahamas were ordered to evacuate to Nassau, while a state of emergency was also declared in the US Virgin Islands. Communications on the islands of Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy are reportedly down. The weather system has already claimed two lives and injured at least another two people.