Irma downgraded to category 2 as it continues north

Maximum sustained winds are around 105 miles per hour.

By Nichole Osinski
| 8:08 p.m. September 10, 2017

A screenshot of Irma over Florida. Photo courtesy of Google Crisis Response

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Hurricane Irma has been downgraded to a Category 2 with maximum sustained winds around 105 miles per hour with higher gusts.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the hurricane has been moving north at about 14 miles per hour before it moves in an expected north-northwest direction by tonight. The hurricane is predicted to travel in this direction through Monday, Sept. 11.

Irma's path is expected to continue through northern Florida and southwestern Georgia Monday afternoon.

The hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 80 miles from the center with tropical-storm-force winds extending outward up to 220 miles.

A storm surge warning is also in effect for South Santee River southward to Jupiter Inlet, North Miami Beach southward around the Florida peninsula to the Ochlockonee River, the Florida Keys and Tampa Bay. Storm surges indicate there is a "danger of life-threatening" flooding from rising water.

The storm surge will be in effect for the next 36, according to NOAA.