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EMBED >More News Videos Storm surge from Hurricane Irma floods downtown Miami.
Irma weakens to Category 2 hurricane as it smacks Naples, Florida; storm surges expected after eye passes.More than 2.1 million customers have lost power in Florida with Hurricane Irma striking the state.Florida Power & Light reported the numbers Sunday afternoon.
Hurricane Irma's winds and low tide have pushed the water unusually far from its normal position.
"The waters retracted because the leading wind bands of Irma whipped the coastal water more out to sea.
The hurricane center in western Miami, across the state from the eye of the mammoth storm, recorded an 81 mph wind gust.
"The governor said he doesn't know what storm preparations have taken place at the governor's mansion, located a few blocks north of the Capitol. »