They appeared in the east and in the central parts of the state, in the districts of St. Louis, Brevard, Miami-Dade, Martin and Indiana River. As reported by the National Meteorological Service of the United States of America, in St. Lucy, a tornado can hit the nuclear power plant of Florida Power & Light.

At the same time, the head of the company Erik Siloji announced a decision to stop the work of two nuclear power plants on the eve of the hurricane. According to him, the station Turkey Point in Homestead 25 years ago withstood the onslaught of hurricane Andrew, continued to function, although it suffered losses of millions of dollars. The second facility is located in St. Louis County.

According to the National Center for Hurricanes of the USA, the wind speed in the epicenter of Irma decreased from 58.1 meters per second to 53.7 meters per second, which corresponds to the third of the five categories.

Recall, the hurricane Irma, which caused significant destruction in Cuba and other islands in the Caribbean, reached the coast of Florida.

As reported by URA-Inform, as of Monday morning, September 11, the number of consumers without electricity in the US state of Florida, where the hurricane Irma rages, exceeded three million hryvnia.