Just north of Cuba, Hurricane Irma is rampaging across the Bahamas, taking aim at the 20 million citizens of the American state of Florida.
The storm is already blamed for at least 11 deaths, even as the wind speeds have slowed a little an average of 155 miles per hour or 240 kilometers.
Our correspondent in Florida Mary MacCarthy is in Fort Lauderdale just north of Miami.
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Federal and local officials are urging Floridians to leave the coastal areas, but Mary MacCarthy reports from Fort Lauderdale that many are determined to stay.
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From Fort Lauderdale, Mary MacCarthy reports that even though Hurricane Irma's winds have slowed a bit, it's still an extremely dangerous storm.
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