Publication Date September 11, 2017 | CNN

Irma now a tropical storm, but still lashing Florida and Georgia

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A car sits abandoned in storm surge as Hurricane Irma hits in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Photo: CNN
A car sits abandoned in storm surge as Hurricane Irma hits in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Photo: CNN

This is the first year on record that the continental United States has had two Category 4 hurricane landfalls in the same year.