05-09-2017 23:29 via kxan.com

10 deaths now confirmed from category 5 Hurricane Irma

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Devastation is reported on several of the northeastern islands of the Caribbean, where Category 5 Hurricane Irma made landfall Wednesday. Barbuda, St. Barthelemy, St. Martin and the British Virgin Islands all took direct hits. The death toll this morning stands at 10, and may rise higher.
With winds of 185 mph, Hurricane Irma tied the 1935 Labor Day Florida Keys hurricane as the most powerful on record to make landfall in the Atlantic basin, tying two other hurricanes as th
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