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Charlotte Motor Speedway has announced that it will open its Rock City Campground for evacuees heading north or inland from Hurricane Irma.

The University of Florida has canceled its football home opener against Northern Colorado because of impending Hurricane Irma.

A mandatory evacuation into was announced on Thursday for the barrier islands in Brevard County that are home to roughly 100,000 people.

While the appearance of three storms in the Atlantic Basin may seem unusual, it actually closely resembles a pattern last seen during 2010’s hurricane season.  

As Hurricane Irma intensifies, veterinarians are reminding pet owners to be ready in case the storm hits our area.

As Hurricane Irma intensifies, veterinarians are reminding pet owners to be ready in case the storm hits our area.

They call it the Big One - a mythic, massive hurricane that would obliterate the densely populated southeast coast. And it has long been the stuff of Florida's nightmares.

Many first responders in Maryland who helped the people of Texas following Hurricane Harvey are on standby as Hurricane Irma churns closer toward Florida.

The Florida Highway Patrol escorted gasoline trucks to dry fuel pumps, SpaceX squeezed out a rocket launch and officials in Georgia and Florida ordered thousands of people to leave the coast as Hurricane Irma barreled toward a collision with the U.S. this weekend.

Hurricane Irma has killed at least eight people and injured 23 in French Caribbean island territories as the dangerous Category 5 storm roared over the Caribbean, France's interior minister said Thursday.

The Northern Leeward Islands took a direct hit Wednesday morning. Relentless Category 5 Irma slammed Barbuda, Saint Martin, and Anguila early Wednesday with 185 mph winds. A NOAA National Ocean Service gauge on the island of Barbuda recorded a gust of 155 mph before it was knocked out.

One day after returning home to Virginia following a relief mission to Hurricane Harvey impacted areas in Texas, a Chantilly based task force is being called for help again – this time ahead of Hurricane Irma.

Gov. Henry McMaster has declared a state of emergency in South Carolina to help prepare for a possible strike early next week from Hurricane Irma.

The airline JetBlue announced plans Wednesday to help customers with existing flights, as well as assist with Floridians' efforts to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Irma.

The latest track from the National Hurricane Center is showing a path for Hurricane Irma pointing to Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba before possibly heading north for Florida over the weekend. 

While warning residents to seek shelter, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd has warned sex offenders they face arrest if they seek shelter as Hurricane Irma approaches Florida.  “If you go to a shelter for Irma, be advised: sworn LEOs will be at every shelter, checking IDs. Sex offenders/predators will not be allowed,” tweeted Judd. “We cannot and we will not have innocent...

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