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Hurricane Irma still a Category 5 storm after 40 hours

By Daniel Chaitin
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Hurricane Irma still a Category 5 storm after 40 hours

Hurricane Irma achieved 40 hours as a Category 5 storm Wednesday evening as it swung through the Caribbean and heads towards Florida.

The National Hurricane Center issued an update Wednesday evening at 11 p.m. Eastern to say that Irma’s maximum sustained winds remains at 185 miles per hour. No new advisory had been issued as of midnight.

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