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FEMA turning its focus toward Hurricane Irma while helping with Harvey recovery

By Kyle Feldscher
Published September 3, 2017 3:12pm ET
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FEMA turning its focus toward Hurricane Irma while helping with Harvey recovery
This enhanced satellite image made available by the NOAA GOES Project shows Irma, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017 at 1:45 p.m. In the wake of Harvey, meteorologists are already looking warily at another system: Hurricane Irma, which intensified from a tropical storm to a major hurricane in just 30 hours, is steadily moving west across the Atlantic. It's still several days away from the nearest land just south of Puerto Rico. (NASA/NOAA via AP) | AP

Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long said Sunday his agency is now turning its attentions to the southeastern United States as Hurricane Irma bears down on the area, while still assisting recovery efforts from Hurricane Harvey.

Irma, a Category 2 storm, is barreling through the central Atlantic Ocean and could sweep through Puerto Rico and possibly hit Florida and other southeastern states by next weekend, according to the National Weather Service.

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