Hurricane Irma’s eyewall reaches Florida Keys

Hurricane Irma’s eyewall has reached the Florida Keys.

The US National Hurricane Center in Miami says the storm’s northern eyewall reached the lower Florida Keys Sunday morning. The eyewall is a band of clouds surrounding the center of the storm that has intense winds and strong rain.

Waves crash on the Jacksonville Beach Fishing Pier in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, as Hurricane Irma approaches Florida on September 9, 2017. (Bob Mack/The Florida Times-Union via AP)

The hurricane center says Key West International Airport has measured sustained winds of 50 mph (80 kph).

Hundreds of thousands of people are currently without power in Florida as Irma’s winds and rain lash the state.

— AP

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