Hurricane Irma weakens to tropical storm in Florida

Hurricane Irma is weakening to a tropical storm as it continues on a northward path through Florida, the National Hurricane Center says.

However, it was still producing “some wind gusts to near hurricane force.”

As of this afternoon, Irma is about 105 miles (170 kilometers) northwest of Tampa, with maximum sustained winds of 70 miles per hour (110 kilometers per hour).

— AFP

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