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September 5, 2017

Category-5 Hurricane Irma Barrels Toward Caribbean and Southern U.S. Coast
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The Caribbean and southern coast of the United States are preparing for
Hurricane Irma, a powerful Category 5 storm currently churning west
across the Atlantic Ocean. Both Puerto Rico and Florida have declared
states of emergency. The storm is expected to make landfall on the
island of Anguilla on Wednesday and then continue toward the U.S. coast.


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