Irma Brings Floods, Tornado Risks; Tropical Storm To Leave Florida For Georgia
In large swaths of Florida, Irma has brought dangerous floodwaters, knocking out power and turning human possessions into debris.
Updated at 12:30 p.m. ET
In Florida, Hurricane Irma has brought dangerous floodwaters, knocked out power to millions and turned human possessions into debris in the past 24 hours. After making landfall on Sunday, the huge storm remained a Category 1 hurricane as it moved over the state's northwest Monday, before finally being downgraded to a tropical storm at 8 a.m. ET.
Irma has maximum sustained winds of 65 mph, with stronger gusts. At 11 a.m. ET, Irma was about 70 miles east of Tallahassee. Flash flood warnings have been issued in Jacksonville — a victim, like other eastern Florida areas, of the heaviest rains that are commonly found in hurricanes' northeast quarter.
More than 6 million electricity accounts in Florida are currently
