Residents across South Florida scrambled to finalize preparations Thursday as Hurricane Irma, which has devastated islands in the Caribbean, approached with 175-mile-an-hour winds. The hurricane is expected to hit the Florida Keys and South Florida starting Saturday night, said Kevin Scharfenberg, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. Major highways out of South Florida were clogged, a problem because of the gas shortage. Most gas stations in South Florida were out. Harvey also delayed tankers from leaving Texas and Louisiana refineries for Florida ports, and now Hurricane Irma is blocking tanker ships from coming in.

Source: New York Times September 08, 2017 00:03 UTC