As Hurricane Irma neared Georgia, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed urged residents to take this one seriously.
“The city of Atlanta will remain vigilant,” Reed said in a press conference Sunday. “We need everyone in metro Atlanta to be ready, too.”
Reed’s words came as Florida was being battered by the storm. The eye of Irma, the National Hurricane Center said, should hug Florida’s west coast through Monday morning and then push more inland over northern Florida and southwestern Georgia Monday afternoon.
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