Hurricane Irma is currently blowing toward the Turks and Caicos, having flattened the Caribbean Island of Barbuda.
Many Floridians are fleeing inland as the massive storm bears down on the U.S.
Florida Governor Rick Scott urged his citizens to pay attention and get out.
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OUT: ...get out."
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The priority evacuation is for the Florida Keys, a string of islands running from Miami nearly to Cuba.
Governor Rick Scott
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OUT: ...evacuated today."
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Florida Governor Rick Scott says the initial evacuation orders are for America's 11th largest metropolitan region - Miami and Fort Lauderdale.
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OUT: ..or your family."
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Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Paul Ryan says the U.S. federal government needs to have the financial resources to respond to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.
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Republicans are despairing that President Trump abandoned their principles in agreeing to the Democrat's proposal to keep the government financed through December, but Speaker Ryan says the deal was necessary in light of the natural disasters.
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