{"id":5932,"date":"2017-09-09T15:56:24","date_gmt":"2017-09-09T13:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2017\/09\/09\/hurricane-irma-miami-braces-as-superstorm-winds-hit-florida-coast-latest-updates\/"},"modified":"2017-09-09T15:56:24","modified_gmt":"2017-09-09T13:56:24","slug":"hurricane-irma-miami-braces-as-superstorm-winds-hit-florida-coast-latest-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=5932","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Irma: Miami braces as superstorm winds hit Florida coast &#8211; latest updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Irma is restored to category 5 strength as it pummels Cuba and prompts orders for a quarter of Florida\u2019s population to leaveHurricane Jose close to category 5 as it approaches BarbudaIrma\u2019s destruction: island by islandWhere is Irma heading? Mapping the path 2.56pm BST At one of the final updates before the storm strikes the US mainland, Florida governor Rick Scott has urged residents to make their final moves to shelters or to protect their homes.\u201cI urge everyone to talk to your neighbors, your family and friends,\u201d Scott said. \u201cEvery Floridian should take this seriously and be aggressive to protect your family. \u2026 Your positions can be replaced, your life cannot be replaced, your family cannot be replaced.\u201d 2.50pm BST As Irma continues apace throughout the Caribbean, women, children and the most vulnerable in Saint-Martin are the first to flee the island as hurricane Jose approaches. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2017\/sep\/09\/hurricane-irma-florida-evacuate-landfall-cuba-live-latest\" target=\"_blank\">Hurricane Irma: Miami braces as superstorm winds hit Florida coast &#8211; latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Irma is restored to category 5 strength as it pummels Cuba and prompts orders for a quarter of Florida\u2019s population to leaveHurricane Jose close to category 5 as it approaches BarbudaIrma\u2019s destruction: island by islandWhere is Irma heading? Mapping the path 2.56pm BST At one of the final updates before [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5932\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}