Irma’s northern eyewall reaches lower Florida Keys

MIAMI (AP)  – Forecasters say Hurricane Irma’s center is poised to blow across the Florida Keys.
The northern eyewall of the storm reached the island chain early Sunday.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said in a public advisory that the center of the storm remained offshore but was going to make landfall soon.
The storm was centered about 20 miles east (30 km) of Key West, and it was moving north-northwest at 8 mph (13 kph) The storm had maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (21