"This is a storm that will kill you if you don't get out of the way,'' National Hurricane Center meteorologist Dennis Feltgen said. Parts of interstates 75 and 95 north were bumper-to-bumper, while very few cars drove on the southbound lanes. "We're getting out of this state,'' said Manny Zuniga, who left his home in Miami at midnight Thursday to avoid the gridlock. "Irma is going to take all of Florida. The man's name wasn't immediately released.Forecasters predicted a storm surge of 6 to 12 feet above ground level along Florida's southwest coast and in the Keys.

Source: Times of India September 08, 2017 23:50 UTC