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Gridlock And Gas Shortages As Floridians Flee Hurricane Irma

NPR

Published September 8, 2017 at 12:06 PM CDT

Millions of people in Florida have been ordered to evacuate to escape Hurricane Irma.

Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson talks with NPR’s Greg Allen (@gallennpr) for the latest from Miami.

Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

A woman uses her cellphone alongside a boarded-up hotel following mandatory evacuation orders in Miami Beach, Florida, Sept. 7, 2017, ahead of Hurricane Irma. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)