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This is mark demaris. Hurricane irma remained a category 4 storm moving north at 9 Miles Per Hour. We expect that to accelerate during the day. The storm made landfall over the cudjoe key area around 9 10 as a category 4 storm. The keys are actually still getting the effects of the storm on the back side. They are not completely out of the woods yet. As the storm moves up the coast we are getting observer reports of hurricane gusts in miamidade. The center of the storm looks like it will be moving you have the southwest coast of florida over the later today. And we have a hurricane warning potentially for the entire state of florida except for the western panhandle because of the large size of this system. We have the hurricane is expected to remain a major hurricane when it reaches the southwest coast. It will weaken as it crosses the tampa area. But this will be a major wind and surge event as well as i rainfall the next couple ....
0 maybe it knocks something else loose that had been hanging on. that s what we re encountering a lot here on the ground. neil: hang in there. just incredible. so the storm rages on, and will, we re told, for at least another 24 hours, as it continues to slowly, and i mean slowly make its way north. that will do it here. the five is now. hello, everyone. it s 5:00 in new york city. this is the five. the worst case scenario is unfolding for millions of americans. hurricane ian making landfall about two hours ago in southwestern florida, with ferocious wind speeds clocking in at nearly 155 miles an hour, just shy of a category five. at least 2.5 million people were ordered to evacuate. more than 1 million floridaians are sitting without power. that s going to grow every second. florida governor ron desantis will bring a storm update later in this hour. we will bring it to you when this happens. rick reichmuth is in florida. how you doing down there? we re feeling the winds st ....