Hurricanes are nothing new in the Florida Keys – although many fear that Hurricane Irma will likely be more destructive than any storm the islands have ever seen. Irma strengthened to a Category 4 storm early Sunday as it approached the Keys, with winds at 130 miles per hour. 1945: A powerful hurricane made landfall on Key Largo, damaging homes and killing four people across Florida. 1950: Hurricanes Easy, in the first year hurricanes were named, passed west of the Dry Tortugas in the Lower Keys before making landfall farther north, with winds of 105 mph. 1992: Hurricane Andrew slammed North Key Largo and knocked out power lines to the islands.

Source: Fox News September 10, 2017 08:48 UTC