Hurricane Irma regained Category 5 status late Friday as it skirted past Cuba before forecasters say it makes a turn toward Florida.
The National Hurricane Center said in its 11 p.m. Eastern advisory that Irma’s maximum sustained wind speeds increased to 160 miles per hour, up from the mid to low 150s that the storm has been most of the afternoon.
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