Hurricane Irma was climbing Florida's west coast toward Tampa late Sunday after making a second landfall in the afternoon as a Category 3 storm in Marco Island. Just to the north of Marco Island in the city of Naples, a dangerous storm surge of ocean water sent levels rising about 9 feet in three hours.
Now a Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph, Hurricane Irma is about 70 miles southeast of Tampa, Florida, moving north at 14 mph and is expected to stay at hurricane strength at least into Monday morning.
Even with the storm a few hours away, transformers were blowing in Orlando. More than 3 million customers are without power across the state of Florida, according to utilities.
The cyclone spawned tornadoes in parts of Florida in the morning and afternoon and could produce more. This is typical of hurricanes that get enough of their circulation over land.
Irma is the strongest Atlantic basin hurricane ever and has already broken several records. Follow the storm's track here.
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