Hurricane Irma weakened to a Category 2 storm Sunday as it made its way across land, up the coast of southwest Florida. The storm made its second landfall at Marco Island, near Naples, bearing blinding rains and sustained winds of 115 mph, gusting to 130 mph. Later, the National Hurricane Center reported that sustained winds had ebbed to 110 mph as the eye of the storm passed over Naples. Still, the storm was likely to maintain hurricane strength at least through Monday, despite “significant weakening" over land, the center said. “There is imminent danger of life-threatening storm surge flooding along much of the Florida west coast,” with rising sea levels of 10 to 15 feet, it said.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 10, 2017 21:36 UTC