The storm hit Florida with 130 mph winds, striking the Florida Keys and Miami. The storm hit Florida with 130 mph winds, striking the Florida Keys and Miami. The storm hit Florida with 130 mph winds, striking the Florida Keys and Miami. Irma’s broad wind field also meant that when the winds picked up, they stayed up as the storm howled northward. “How big will the storm surge be on the southwest coast of Florida?” the journalists would ask multiple times each hour.

Source: Washington Post September 11, 2017 00:27 UTC