Hurricane Irma tears through Caribbean, multiple deaths reported
08 September 2017 |
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Hurricane Irma plowed past the Dominican Republic on Thursday after devastating a string of Caribbean islands and killing at least eight people while in Florida, residents and tourists were being urged to evacuate.
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