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HUNKER DOWN

Model of Hurricane Irma’s Path Now Includes Florida, Georgia and Alabama

Downgraded to Category 4 as models shift west, with Midwest now in range, too.

Waves crash against the shore as Hurricane Irma moves off from the northern coast of the Dominican Republic, in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic September 7, 2017.

Ivan Alvarado/Reuters

As Hurricane Irma barrels toward Florida, it was downgraded to a Category 4 storm early Friday. Winds decreased to a still-powerful 155 mph, though fluctuations are likely during the next few days before the hurricane is expected to make landfall in the continental U.S. on Sunday. Meanwhile, the Texas-size storm’s track shifted west and northwest, and experts say it is likely to hit Florida dead-on before traveling toward the Midwest from Georgia and Alabama.

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