Irma blasts through Florida Keys, turning its deadly winds toward mainland

Updated at 12:30 p.m. ET Sunday
After leaving a path of destruction through parts of the Caribbean, Hurricane Irma’s eye moved through the lower Florida Keys on Sunday morning. By midday, the National Hurricane Center reported the deadly Category 4 storm had begun to swing away from the Keys — and toward Florida’s mainland.
Irma was expected to hit the state’s southwest coast or skirt it closely later Sunday, trundling its 130-mph winds toward northern Florida, where the