Of hightech toys. This is the cbs evening news. Mason and this is our western edition. Good evening. Im Anthony Mason. President trump declared an emergency today in florida, puerto rico, and the u. S. Virgin islands, all threatened by the most powerful atlantic hurricane ever seen. Irma, a category five, has already turned deadly on the islands of the caribbean. The National Hurricane center says chances have grown for a direct hit on florida, possibly as soon as the weekend. We have team of correspondents covering the storm. First Tony Dokoupil in puerto rico. Reporter this wall of wind and rain is only getting worse tonight as hundreds of Puerto Ricans are already in shelters and more than 200 tourists in this hotel have been evacuated out of their rooms and into a ballroom where theyre expecting a very long night in the storm. Residents were warned to brace for the worst as the strongest winds in a century lashed puerto rico. Irma has already left plenty of evidence of its recordse
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