INTERVIEW – RAY STAGICH- Meteorologist for The Weather Channel – latest on the hurricanes

HURRICANE IRMA

>> Irma heads for Bahamas, Cuba, leaving devastation in its wake. (CNN/Updated 5:29 AM ET, Fri September 8, 2017) Hurricane Irma hurtled through the Caribbean on Friday, leaving catastrophic damage in its wake as it closed in on Florida where it could slam into Miami this weekend.

The storm barreled between Cuba and the Turks and Caicos Islands early Friday morning, and is expected to move westward toward the Bahamas. Irma was downgraded to an “extremely dangerous” category 4 storm on Friday, with winds reaching a sustained maximum of 155 mph, the US National Hurricane Center said. At its peak, winds reached sustained maximums of 180 mph.