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Into delaware and south jersey. Now, lets talk about irma. This storm bombed out over the past 24 hours. Maximum sustained winds 185 miles per hour. This is a strong category five hurricane. If you look at it you can see the eye of the storm clearly well defined wraparound convection thunderstorms and its very close to antigua. Its only about 135 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands continuing to move to the west. To put this in perspective weve only had one storm in recorded history stronger than irma. That was allen back in 1980. Ill talk about the latest path of irma and what it means for the u. S. Coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Monica and rick. Thank you, cecily. With irma bearing down on the united states, preparations are well under way in the miami area tonight. Folks are stocking up onas, water, food and the cash in the event that south florida does take a direct hit. And in texas, the recovery continues more than a week after Hurricane Harvey hits gulf coast