09-09-2017 23:49 via sltrib.com

Forecasters say Irma’s prime target is now Tampa, not Miami

Miami • With the window closing fast for anyone wanting to escape, Irma hurtled toward Florida with 125 mph winds Saturday on a new projected track that could put the Tampa area — not Miami — in the crosshairs.The Tampa area has not taken a direct hit from a major hurricane in nearly a century.“You need to leave — not tonight, not in an hour, right now,” Gov. Rick Scott warned residents in the evacuation zones ahead of the storm’s predicted arrival on Sun
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