Evening Edition: Irma likely to hit Florida as ‘a dangerous major hurricane’

Hurricane catastrophe has become nearly unavoidable in Florida; The latest on Irma: Where is it? How strong is it?

Democracy Dies in Darkness     The day's most important stories   Top Stories Irma likely to hit Florida as 'a dangerous major hurricane' The Category 4 storm — about 500 miles southeast of Miami — could make landfall early Sunday. Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator William "Brock" Long called Irma "a threat that is going to devastate the United States, either Florida or some of the southeastern states," and he urged people from Alabama to North Carolina to monitor and prepare for the storm. By Joel Achenbach and Mark Berman  •  Read more » Hurricane catastrophe has become nearly unavoidable in Florida Based on the latest computer model projections, it's almost impossible the storm will miss. But it's still uncertain whether the southwest or southeast coast will catch the storm's most destructive brunt, or somewhere in between. By Jason Samenow  •   Read more »   The latest on Irma: Where is it? How strong is it? 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