12:00 out west and good afternoon, everybody. i m thomas roberts and we continue our live coverage of irma and just hours away, the full impact on the u.s. mainland. really bad. so we ve got wind, we ve got rain. it s already moving in. the outer bands of this storm system, and in a few hours, it s going to be a lot worse. we ve got irma listed as a category 3 hurricane right now. that means it packs winds of 125 miles per hour. it weakened after slamming into cuba earlier, but this catastrophic storm is expected to refuel because once it goes off the side of cuba and back over warm waters of south florida, it could return to strength of a cat 4 or even a category 5 storm. reporter: as you can hear, the wind is really picking up here in fort lauderdale. storm surge will be the most serious part of this storm. it s the most deadly potential part of the storm. protectings li life is our absolute top priority. there will be no resource, no expense spared to protect liv
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