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Experiencing Irma In Naples, Fort Myers

Published September 11, 2017 at 1:40 PM EDT
People walk through flooded streets the morning after Hurricane Irma swept through the area on Sept. 11, 2017 in Fort Myers, Fla. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
People walk through flooded streets the morning after Hurricane Irma swept through the area on Sept. 11, 2017 in Fort Myers, Fla. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Here & Now‘s Robin Young gets two updates from Florida assessing the situation as Irma — now a tropical storm — moves through the state. She speaks with Randy Henderson, the mayor of Fort Myers, Florida, about how the storm has affected the city, and  Ed Laudise, assistant principal of a school in Naples, where people were sheltered as Irma passed overhead.

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