Florida evacuates ahead of Hurricane Irma
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| Palm tree sway in the wind prior to the arrival of the Hurricane Irma in Caribbean, Cuba.- REUTERS |
(Vatican Radio) Hurricane Irma slammed into Cuba's northern
coast on Saturday as a Category 5 storm.
It hit as millions of Florida residents were ordered to
evacuate after the storm killed 21 people in the eastern Caribbean and left
catastrophic destruction in its wake.
The Florida evacuation was proving a challenge as cars
clogged up highways, and gasoline was in short supply.
Irma, was expected to hit Florida on Sunday morning.
The United States has been hit by only three Category 5
storms since 1851, and Irma is far larger than the last one in 1992, Hurricane
Andrew.
U.S. President Donald Trump said in a videotaped statement
that Irma was "a storm of absolutely historic destructive potential"
and called on people to heed recommendations from government officials and law
enforcement.
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