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Sunshine State residents bracing for possible weekend arrival of Hurricane Irma

With Hurricane Irma slowly moving through the Carribean on its way to Florida with sustained winds of 145, Sunshine State residents are feeling anxious.

"Apparently, I'm wide awake on hurricane adrenaline," Kahlin Grant of Daytona Beach wrote on her Facebook page at 4:20 this morning. "It's similar to Christmas morning excitement, but way less magical."

New Smyrna Beach volunteers bring relief to hurricane-ravaged Texas even with Irma bearing down on Florida

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- With one semi already in Beaumont, Texas, and thee more heading that way today with relief supplies for the victims of Hurricane Harvey, Ray Catheline is staying the course and getting the task at hand completed. 

HURRICANE: Port Orange Councilman Bob Ford incensed sandbags are not being made available to some city residents

PORT ORANGE, Fla. -- With Irma packing winds of185 mph on a collision course with the Sunshine State this weekend, City Councilman Bob Ford is incensed that one area of the city is not able to get sandbags.

Jurists Raul Zambrano & Bryan Feigenbaum reflect on passing of retired Judge David Beck ahead of planned public memorial

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Saturday's passing of retired Circuit Judge David Beck, who suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, more commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig's Disease, has left colleagues saddened and reflective as to his passion for life, the law and the community he served as a judge and veteran and family man. Beck was 69 years old.

Calm before the Storm: Irma inches closer to Florida as Category 4 hurricane, expected to trek up Gulf Coast

Photo by Kem McNair for Headline Surfer / Sundown over New Smyrna Beach, Florida on Saturday night.
 
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- It's the calm before the storm with Irma currently a Category 4 Hurricane, inches closer to the Florida Keys during the pre-dawn hours on this Sunday morning.