Irma’s landfall this morning means that 2017 is the first year on record that two Category 4 or higher hurricanes have made landfall in the same year.
Irma spent 3 daysas a Category 5 hurricane — the longest in the modern era (since we began tracking storms on satellite in 1966).
More than 8 million people face hurricane-force wind gusts (74+ mph) in Florida and southern Georgia.
As Irma moves inland, more than 45 million people face wind gusts of tropical-storm force (39 mph+), mainly across in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina.