After a weekend of devastation in the Caribbean, Hurricane Irma made its second Florida landfall in southwest Florida Sunday afternoon. With maximum sustained winds of 115 mph, Irma became the strongest hurricane to landfall near Key West in 57 years.

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Irma first made landfall in Cuba as a Category 5 hurricane late Friday night and downgraded to a Category 3 on Sunday. Located about five miles north of Naples, Fla., the center of Irma is moving north at 14 mph. Hurricane warnings extend as far north as Fernandina Beach on the Atlantic side and up to Indian Pass on the Gulf side. Winds were recorded from 75 mph in the Fort Lauderdale area up to 130 mph in Marco Island. These destructive winds are expected to continue up the Florida Peninsula through early Monday. 

Over two million customers are expected to be without power from Florida to east Tennessee from the widespread winds of the hurricane. Florida Power and Light executives said that power restoration would be a slow and dangerous process. 

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"Plan for extended and prolonged outages," FPL spokesman Rob Gould said. "We expect, given the fact the storm has slowed down, many of our customers will be out for a day or longer, given that, much like emergency responders, our crews cannot get out and work. It's just too dangerous." However, with the expected high winds, heavy rainstorm and storm surges, there is no guarantee that the power restored won't go out again. 

According to the National Hurricane Center, life-threatening storm surges are possible in South Florida. Warnings have been issued from the South Santee River southward to the Juper Inlet and on the peninsula from North Miami Beach to the Ochlockonee River, including the Florida Keys and Tampa Bay.