10,000 may need evacuation from ravaged Florida Keys

(CNN) – Officials were struggling Monday to reach the majority of the Florida Keys — namely, the stretch of islands west of Key Largo — amid early indications that Hurricane Irma showed the archipelago little mercy.The Keys are closed to the public, including residents, and several areas remain without water, power and communications Monday morning, officials said.There were conflicting reports about damage to the pipeline that provides drinking water from the mainland, b