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You re watching special live coverage of hurricane irma, now barreling toward florida, as a category 4 hurricane. its wind speed had slowed slightly to 130 miles per hour, that s because it made landfall in cuba overnight, and has been spending time over cuba, where it has been weakening a little bit, but it is expected to restrengthen as it goes back over water, before taking a slightly westward path straight through the entire state of florida tomorrow. nearly 19 million people are currently under hurricane watches and warnings in florida, and in neighboring states with evacuation orders extending to nearly 6 million people. this is one of the biggest evacuations in u.s. history. key biscayne, florida, small island near miami is preparing for the worst. joining me is the mayor of key biscayne, maya pena lindsey. you and i have been in touch, ....
By bridges, make sure authorities check those bridges are safe to use. mayor mayra pena lindsay, we will continue to stay in touch. thank you very much. homestead, florida, you know the name on florida s southeastern tip it was wrecked by hurricane andrew 25 years ago, it got a direct hit when andrew came ashore. joining me is mayor jeff porter. mayor, you are bracing for another big one, albeit hopefully not as big as it might have been 24 hours ago but still going to be big. set the scene. what is it like in homestead right now. well earlier today we ve already had a pretty heavy feeder band come through that s knocked some tree limbs and some trees and bushes over already so we ve seen a little bit of impact, some of the heavier rains like i said before the sun came up this morning but i think we re, we ve done this before. not everybody that s been here has been through andrew but ....