INTERVIEW – JEFF ENO – Weather Channel
- Irma is now a Category 1 storm with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph
INTERVIEW — MIKE THOMAS — WTTG FOX 5 Meteorologist
- Irma is about to lose hurricane status as Florida continues to rip her apart. Winds down to only 75mph, a weaker category 1 storm.
INTERVIEW — ALAN SCAIA (SKY-uh) — our Correspondent in Tampa, Florida
- Hurricane Irma set all sorts of records for brute strength before crashing into Florida, flattening islands in the Caribbean and swamping the Florida Keys. Alan is riding out the storm in Tampa
- Hurricane Irma: Nearly half of Florida in the dark, Tampa takes pounding. Irma weakened to a Category 1 storm as the massive hurricane zeroed in on the Tampa Bay region early Monday after hammering much of Florida with roof-ripping winds, gushing floodwaters and widespread power outages. The hurricane’s maximum sustained winds weakened to 85 mph with additional weakening expected. As of 2 a.m. EDT, the storm was centered about 25 miles northeast of Tampa and moving north-northwest near 15 mph. Irma continues its slog north along Florida’s western coast having blazed a path of unknown destruction. With communication cut to some of the Florida Keys, where Irma made landfall Sunday, and rough conditions persisting across the peninsula, many are holding their breath for what daylight might reveal. Forecasters say they expert Irma’s center to stay inland over Florida and then move into Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee.
