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I just had a briefing with the national hurrine center in all flida counties. Monroe county has reported that water is going over u. S. 1. Hurricane irma made landfall in the florida keys at 9 10 a. M. As a category 4 storm. The i of thipowerful storm is w 80 miles south of naples and approaching the naplesfour miles area and will in naplesfort myers area. Irma will continue to make its way up floridas west cst, impaing highly populated communities andeaving destruction in its wake. On the east coast, extreme her forceorce hurricane wind gusts. Nortwest photo will begin to feel the impact late...

In almost 90 years. President obama a ives in havana tomorrow and plans to use an historic speech on cuban tv to highlight greater economic freedoms for cubans. The president is scheduled to meet raul castro, meet with cuban dissidents and attend a baseball game. But president obama isnt the only one going to cuba for the next few days. Many travelers here in south florida also heading to the island nation around the same time as the commander in chief. Most have one thing in common. They say they welcome the changes between the u. S. And cuba and hope president obamas trip will bring more cha...

Gov. Desantis good afternoon, the last time i was here it was better, today we are surveying and incredible amount of flood. And i know the images on Fort Myers Beach are the ones everyone sees on tv, and those are catastrophic, but this is a massive storm that had massive water dumped all over the state, the interior of the state all the way to the east coast of florida, so here, we came in, i saw some via air, and we were able to drive around and see some of the water. It was significant. I was able to meet with the resident whose entire home was underwater. We were sensitive about not just ...

Flooding we are seeing, and i know the images on Fort Myers Beach are the ones everyone sees on tv, and those are catastrophic, but this is a massive storm that had massive water dumps all over the state, the interior of the state all the way to the east coast of florida, so here, we came in, i saw some via air, and we were able to drive around and see some of the water. It was significant. I was able to meet with the resident whose entire home was underwater. We were sensitive about not just the areas on the news all the time, but all the other areas throughout florida, so this whole thing he...

Family. [inaudible] abby Hurricane Irma an hour away now from the eye of the storm making landfall on the west coast now bracing. Hundreds of thousands of the entire mayor. Sustained winds of 130 Miles Per Hour and could reach 15 feet in some areas. Others are forced to stay behind. Team coverage this morning. Pete with Griff Jenkins on the ground right now. Reporter in naples the wind is terrible. Its about 25 come in maybe 30 miles, but it coming and key west which is just minutes away from a direct impact with 130mile per hour winds are near to the west coast. They are hunkered down. Offici...