Why a Hurricane Like Irma Poses a Particular Challenge to Florida
The storm’s enormous size, spanning both coasts of the state, could slow the rescue and recovery efforts, officials warned on Sunday.
by Russell Berman
Sep 10, 2017
2 minutes
The government’s biggest challenge in responding to Hurricane Irma may not be its strength as much as its size.
Federal, state, and local officials had been preparing for more than a week before the storm made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane over the Florida Keys on Sunday morning and shot north toward Naples and St. Petersburg. They ordered more than 7 million Floridians to evacuate their homes, and.
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