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The first week of the NFL season is officially over. The Patriots are winless, the Jaguars are undefeated and several rookie running backs made quite a splash. But it was a pair of veteran quarterbacks and an Italian kicker who had been waived seven times who were named the NFL Players of the Week by the league on Wednesday.

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith was named the AFC Offensive Player of the Week. Smith passed for 368 yards -- completing 28 of 35 passes with four touchdowns and no interceptions -- in leading Kansas City to a 42-27 upset of New England. Two of his scores went for 75 yards and more, including a 75-yard bomb to Tyreek Hill and a 78-yarder to rookie Kareem Hunt. Who says Smith can't throw the deep ball?

Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Calais Campbell took home AFC Defensive Player of the Week honors. In his first game with Jacksonville after signing a four-year, $60 million contract in the offseason, the 10-year veteran absolutely terrorized the Texans, setting a franchise record with four sacks in a stunning 29-7 victory over Houston. Somewhere, Tom Savage is still having nightmares of Campbell.

The AFC Special Teams Player of the Week was Oakland Raiders kicker Giorgio Tavecchio. The Milan-born Tavecchio was a perfect 4 for 4 on field-goal attempts -- including a 52-yard bomb and a 43-yarder to ice the game -- as Oakland defeated Tennessee, 26-16, in Nashville. "I have been dreaming about this moment for a very long time," the 27-year-old rookie told the Raiders' official website. " It is special."

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Bradford was named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week. The former first-overall pick ripped the Saints apart with pinpoint passes -- completing 27 of 32 attempts for 346 yards and three scores -- as Minnesota topped New Orleans and spoiled Adrian Peterson's homecoming on Monday night.

Los Angeles Rams cornerback Trumaine Johnson earned NFC Defensive Player of the Week honors. Johnson returned an interception 39 yards for a score and forced a fumble to lead Los Angeles to a 46-9 victory over the hapless Colts. Johnson's pick Sunday was his 17th career interception since entering the league in 2012.

The NFC Special Teams Player of the Week was Lions kicker/punter Matt Prater. Not only did Prater boot a 58-yard field goal, but he was also 2 for 2 in extra-point attempts and punted four times with an average of 35 yards to help Detroit defeat Arizona, 35-23. Quarterback Matthew Stafford is the highest-paid player in the NFL, but Prater definitely earned his cheddar on Sunday.

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Alex Smith, Sam Bradford among Players of the Week

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The first week of the NFL season is officially over. The Patriots are winless, the Jaguars are undefeated and several rookie running backs made quite a splash. But it was a pair of veteran quarterbacks and an Italian kicker who had been waived seven times who were named the NFL Players of the Week by the league on Wednesday.

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As a growing list of NFL players join the controversial movement to protest the playing of the national anthem, Cincinnati Bengals tight end Tyler Eifert is speaking out about why he always stands for The Star Spangled Banner.

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As a growing list of NFL players join the controversial movement to protest the playing of the national anthem, Cincinnati Bengals tight end Tyler Eifert is speaking out about why he always stands for The Star Spangled Banner.

Eifert wrote Saturday in the Medium essay, " Why I Stand," that he doesn't question any teammates who choose to sit or kneel during the anthem. But Eifert said he stands because he wants to honor the country's service members.

"I stand because I love my country," Eifert wrote. "I stand because I want to honor the people putting their lives on the line for me on a daily basis in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard."
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Eifert goes on to explain his cousin, a pilot in the Air Force, risks his life each day for the safety of Americans.

The tight end wrote that, starting this season, he planned to honor a different service member each week by writing their name on his game day cleats.

Last week he chose Pat Tillman, the former Arizona Cardinals standout who declined a multi-million dollar contract to fight in the Army with his brother, Kevin, following the Sept. 11 terror attacks. Tillman died in Afghanistan in 2004.

Eifert posted to Instagram a picture of his cleats with Tillman's name on them, and added a link to the Medium essay.

Eifert wrote he was "in awe of Pat Tillman's courage."

"In 2002, he walked away from millions of dollars and a 'dream' most people couldn't imagine achieving to do one thing, fight for his country," Eifert wrote. "Pat wasn't fighting for himself, he wasn't fighting for one group vs. another; he was fighting for Americans."
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Eifert said that, 15 years after Tillman's decision to quit the NFL, he saw a divided country. But Eifert wrote he believes in the American flag and "everything our country was built on," adding he hoped in another 15 years Americans could "look back at these years unified with pride to be Americans."

Eifert also used the essay to highlight the K9s For Warriors charity and to bring attention to the post-traumatic stress disorder many service members face after combat. Eifert said he would work to raise money for PTSD treatment and service dogs for veterans.

"I respect my fellow players' right to kneel during the national anthem but I hope everyone now knows why I stand, and respects that as well," Eifert wrote.

Eifert has mentioned his respect for the military previously, posting a picture to Instagram of a fighter jet -- one day after former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick sat during the national anthem.

Eifert wrote: "Pretty cool picture! My big cuz took a bengals flag up on a mission in a hostile territory. But, thanks for defending the flag that really matters, even for the people who don't appreciate it!"

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Bengals' Tyler Eifert on national anthem: 'I stand because I love my country'

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As a growing list of NFL players join the controversial movement to protest the playing of the national anthem, Cincinnati Bengals tight end Tyler Eifert is speaking out about why he always stands for The Star Spangled Banner.

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McDonald's denies usage of french fry 'trick' to make fry cartons look bigger

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A couple of McDonald's employees on Reddit are claiming their managers had asked them to "pinch" the fry cartons to make them appear fuller, but McDonald's isn't buying it.

"We believe these claims to be fictional," said McDonald's in a statement obtained by The Mirror. "There are no 'secret tricks' and we have strict operational procedures in place to ensure that fry portions are not under-filled.

"Without a verified source we are unable to investigate this further," the company added.
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The hubbub over this alleged fry "trick" began late last week, after Reddit user ExperiMENTALbunny - who claimed to be an ex-McDonald's employee - wrote that his old managers "taught [him] how to pinch the fry carton just right while putting the fries into them so that it looked full, but actually wasn't."

"I only had [one] customer call me out on it," added ExperiMENTALbunny. "He shook the fries out into his bag and poured them back into the fry carton himself and it only filled up halfway, so I had to give him more fries. I was impressed and embarrassed. It's been 7 years and I can still see his face."

Soon afterward, another ex-McDonald's employee claimed he "hated this practice" when he worked at the restaurant, and never complied with his bosses' requests to do it.

"Never got fired, but managed to have a few customers ask me when my shifts were the next week so they could have me filling their fries," wrote the Redditor.
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Neither employee detailed exactly how the "pinch" practice worked, nor where their particular McDonald's restaurants were located.

A couple of commenters later denied having heard of this practice, with one saying he "was never taught to do this at my McDonald's," and a few others claiming they used to give out extra fries on purpose.

"I absolutely hated working at Maccies so I would overfill fry boxes as much as possible," read one of the responses.

Meanwhile, another Redditor offered a simple solution to anyone who felt wronged by their McDonald's fry orders:

"Just go to a Five Guys," wrote Boxterguy. "They give you so many fries. Order the smallest size and they'll fill up the cup, then toss 1-2 more scoops on top of everything in your bag."
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A representative for McDonald's was not immediately available for comment.

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A couple of McDonald's employees on Reddit are claiming their managers had asked them to "pinch" the fry cartons to make them appear fuller, but McDonald's isn't buying it. "We believe these claims to be fictional," said McDonald's in a statement obtained by The Mirror.

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Irma leaves dozens dead in Carribean, Florida , Hurricane irma can cost the us economy $290 Billion dollars

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Hurricane Irma, now a category 1 storm with top sustained winds of 85 mph, was battering Orlando early Monday morning after lashing southern Florida and moving across the center of the state.

The storm's center was located near Lakeland, Florida, as of early Monday morning, moving north of Tampa and Orlando at a fast pace of 14 miles per hour.

More than 4 million people were without power in Florida and many towns and cities imposed curfews. Miami-Date police said early Monday they arrested 28 people for burglary/looting. Fort Lauderale police also said they arrested several looters.

Irma struck south Florida with powerful wind, rain and flooding, swamping parts of Naples and Miami on opposite coasts before moving north over the center of the state. A storm surge of 10 feet was recorded in the Florida Keys and Naples reported a 7-foot storm surge in at least one location, according to the National Weather Service.

Irma weakened to a Category 1 hurricane at around 2 a.m Monday as it's center and core moved over land, forecasters said, and it could be downgraded to a tropical storm by late Monday morning.

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said it expected the storm's center to remain inland over Florida and then move into Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee where heavy rain and possible flash floods will be a major concern.

The NHC says the storm is still life-threatening with dangerous storm surge, wind and heavy rains. Storm surge warnings were in effect for parts of Florida, including North Miami Beach, the Florida Keys and Tampa Bay.

At least five storm-related fatalities

At least five people died of storm-related injuries in Florida, including a sheriff's deputy, as the massive hurricane barreled across the Sunshine State with punishing wind gusts of up to 142 mph at it's height.

Two people were killed in Monroe County, which encompasses the Florida Keys. One person was found dead in a home in Shark Key, Florida on Sunday. Another man was killed after he lost control of a truck that carried a generator as winds whipped at tropical-storm strength, officials said.

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Two other people, a sheriff's deputy and a corrections officer, died from a two-car crash in the rain in Hardee County, which is about 60 miles inland from Sarasota, officials said.

The fifth fatality was reported in Orange County, which is near Orlando, after a car crash that was deemed related to the hurricane. At least 27 people died in the Caribbean.

Joe Kiener, a Miami resident who's endured multiple hurricanes in the Caribbean, told ABC New that he had never experienced a storm as brutal as Irma.

"I live a little South of here but I've never seen anything like it," Kiener said. "I've been in Miami Beach for two years which is prone to flooding but this completely out of the norm."

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One Naples resident told ABC News she was turned away from two shelters before she and her 10-year-old son were finally accepted at one.

"We have a dog and there were not that many shelters that accepted dogs," she said, adding, "We didn't want to be that far away from our home." While she and her son stay inside the shelter, her husband is hunkering down with their dog at home.

Assessing the damage

President Donald Trump approved a "major disaster" declaration in Florida on Sunday, authorizing "federal funding to flow directly to Floridians impacted by Hurricane Irma and reimburses local communities and the state government to aid in response and recovery from Hurricane Irma," state officials said.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott said nearly 30 states had deployed personnel and resourced to help out with the response and recovery of Hurricane Irma.

"Florida has received an incredible outpouring of support from other states in responding to Hurricane Irma," Scott said Sunday. "The strength and speed of these states' help has been instrumental in our planned response to Irma."

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"The people of Florida are incredibly thankful for their selfless dedication. Together, we can withstand this storm and come back even stronger," he added.

State officials and the Florida National Guard will lead in the initial search and rescue missions following Hurricane Irma, but National Guard from other states and the active duty military are on stand-by to assist as well, officials said.

Monroe County Administrator Roman Gastesi said crews will begin house-to-house searches on Monday morning to search for residents in need of aid and assess the damage in areas like the Florida Keys, where Irma made landfall Sunday morning, officials said.

Gastesi said they were "prepared for the worst" and suspected that there may be some fatalities.

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Irma weakens to Category 1, batters Orlando as it moves up Florida

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Hurricane Irma, now a category 1 storm with top sustained winds of 85 mph, was battering Orlando early Monday morning after lashing southern Florida and moving across the center of the state. The storm's center was located near Lakeland, Florida, as of early Monday morning, moving north of Tampa...

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2 men die after test driving sky blue 2016 dodge challenger hellcat on Colorado Airport Runway

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Two men have been killed while using the runway at a small Colorado airport to test-drive a 2016 Dodge Challenger Hellcat.

The sky blue muscle car crashed after rocketing off the runway at the Buena Vista Regional Airport Friday, becoming airborne and sailing across a ravine, the Denver Post reported.

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"They were just test-driving this car," Chaffee County Sheriff John Spezze told the paper. "They went a little too fast. I don't want to surmise. ... They probably got to the end of the runway and, at that speed, didn't realize they were there so fast. And they lost control. It was just too high a speed and they got to the end of the runway."

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Lynd Fitzgerald, 71, of Colorado Springs, and Roger Lichtenberger, 76, of San Marcos, Calif., were pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.

Spezze told the paper Fitzgerald and his friend had permission to use the runway.

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They were likely going more than 100 mph when they ran off the runway, the paper reported. Fitzgerald was behind the wheel.

Spezze's office issued a press release Sunday that said that after speeding down the runway and continuing another 315 feet, the Challenger became airborne over a ravine.
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The release went on to say that after striking the ground the vehicle "became airborne a second time flipping end over end over a second ravine before coming to rest on its wheels."

Deputies found the wreckage about 650 feet past the runway.

The airport boasts on its website having the longest mountain runway in Colorado at 8,300 feet, or more than a mile and a half.

"I've never seen anything like it," Spezze said, according to the paper. "They had permission to be there. There were no laws broken."

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Two men have been killed while using the runway at a small Colorado airport to test-drive a 2016 Dodge Challenger Hellcat. The sky blue muscle car crashed after rocketing off the runway at the Buena Vista Regional Airport Friday, becoming airborne and sailing across a ravine, the Denver Post reported.

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Looters in lockup and can go to prison for stealing some shoes thieves are stealing from fellow Floridians as there house was destroyed.

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Authorities in Florida warned residents that "going to prison over a pair of sneakers is a fairly bad life choice" following a series of burglary arrests as Hurricane Irma was slamming the state with heavy rains and winds.

Police in Fort Lauderdale said nine were arrested in connection to a sportswear store burglary. The group, which was filmed by a local news staton, allegedly stole sneakers.

Police Chief Rick Maglione warned people in the statement that "Going to prison over a pair of sneakers is a fairly bad life choice" and residents should instead "Stay home and look after your loved ones and be thankful they are all safe."

The Miami-Dade Police Department also said on Twitter that there were 28 arrests for looting.

Similar warnings were issued by other police departments across the state. "Any looters who come to Pembroke Pines will be greeted by our officers. Choose wisely and stay home," wrote the Pembroke Pines Police Department.

The Broward County Sheriff's Office, meanwhile, wrote: "ATTENTION LOOTERS; Every incident will be investigated. Evidence collected will be used to pursue charges after the fact."

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Hurricane Irma: Cops warn looters they're making 'fairly bad life choice'

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Authorities in Florida warned residents that "going to prison over a pair of sneakers is a fairly bad life choice" following a series of burglary arrests as Hurricane Irma was slamming the state with heavy rains and winds. Police in Fort Lauderdale said nine were arrested in connection to a sportswear store burglary.

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911 respondents having to not answer phone calls from hurricane Irma.

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They weren't allowed to respond. Winds were so high that emergency services in many areas were suspended to protect the rescuers.

"It just stinks. You're sitting here not be able to do your job," said Billy Johnston, a firefighter paramedic with St. Petersburg Fire Rescue. "And we got into this job to help people."

"It's a helpless feeling, but we have to look out for our safety. If we go out, we potentially create another emergency, and people have to come and help us," added his colleague David Owens, a firefighter EMT.

Pinellas County, which includes St. Petersburg, suspended its response to 911 calls at around 8:30 Sunday night, when sustained winds exceeded 40 miles per hour, according to Kevin Baxter, a spokesman for the county.

Conditions varied, and some fire departments in the northern part of the county did respond to some emergency calls Sunday night, he added.

In St. Petersburg, rescue workers stopped responding to calls at around 6:30 Sunday night, according to firefighter EMT Tim Kocer.

At that time, there were about 80 first responders gathered in the St. Petersburg Fire Rescue master station.

While the workers were prohibited from responding to calls, they were able to see a list of the incoming calls on their computer screen.

Several stand out in their minds. For example, Owens said there were four cardiac arrests all at one time, and there was also a 12-year-old who was having trouble breathing.

"I had to walk away from the computer because of the nature of the calls and not being able to do anything about them," said Jonathan Martino, a firefighter paramedic. "It definitely feels pretty bad. People are hurt right now,"

As the storm raged Sunday night, the St. Petersburg first responders slept in shifts. The ones who were awake watched the Seahawks-Packers football game and played cards and dominoes. Occasionally they ventured out onto a balcony with a roof to experience the wind and rain firsthand.

Many nervously called and texted their spouses, anxious to make sure they were safe during the storm.

"I was calling and texting my wife and she didn't answer and I was freaking out," said Martino, whose wife was at home with their two month old and four year old children. It turned out they'd lost power and needed to charge her phone.

After the storm, emergency workers will respond to the 911 calls that came in overnight based on who needs help first.

"We're chomping at the bit," said Thomas Enright, a firefighter paramedic.

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They weren't allowed to respond. Winds were so high that emergency services in many areas were suspended to protect the rescuers. "It just stinks. You're sitting here not be able to do your job," said Billy Johnston, a firefighter paramedic with St. Petersburg Fire Rescue. "And we got into this job to help people."

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Tesla triggers a upgrade  for cars that are in the path of Irma, so they are able to travel up to 40 extra miles before they need to stop and recharge.http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/10/technology/tesla-battery-irma-florida-evacuation/index.html?iid=ob_homepage_tech_pool

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Authorities say an 88-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after hitting his wife in the head with a hammer inside the New York nursing home where she was undergoing treatment.

The Erie County district attorney's office said Monday that Martin Turkiewicz, of Cheektowaga, was also charged with assault following Saturday's attack inside the Garden Gate Health Care Facility in his hometown in suburban Buffalo.

Police say 86-year-old Rita Turkiewicz was at the facility for physical rehabilitation when her husband of 60 years walked into her room and hit her with a hammer. A possible motive for the attack hasn't been released.

Martin Turkiewicz has pleaded not guilty and is being held in jail without bail pending a court appearance Wednesday.

His wife is being treated at a hospital.

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Authorities say an 88-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after hitting his wife in the head with a hammer inside the New York nursing home where she was undergoing treatment. The Erie County district attorney's office said Monday that Martin Turkiewicz, of Cheektowaga, was also charged with assault following Saturday's attack inside the Garden Gate Health Care Facility in his hometown in suburban Buffalo.

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Baby born at home during Hurricane Irma, Women called emergency crew in labor

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An emergency crew responded to a call of a woman in labor in her home during Hurricane Irma. CNN's Don Lemon interviewed the response team.

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Gas shortage during Hurricane Irma.

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Florida is racing to refill its drained gas stations to allow millions of residents to return to their homes following mass evacuations caused by Hurricane Irma.

Historic demand for gasoline sparked major gas shortages in the days before Hurricane Irma struck Florida over the weekend.

At least 60% of the gas stations in Miami-Fort Lauderdale and Gainesville are without fuel, according to estimates on Monday morning from crowdsourcing platform GasBuddy. Roughly half of the gas stations in Jacksonville, Tampa, West Palm Beach and Fort Myers are also empty after Floridians took to their cars to flee the path of the storm.

These widespread gasoline outages threaten to make life even more difficult for Florida residents as they try to return home to see if their property suffered damage from Irma's powerful winds and storm surge.

The big key to fixing the gas shortages will be getting Florida's ports reopened to receive fuel shipments. Florida has few refineries of its own, making it reliant on tankers and barges to meet virtually all of its huge appetite for fuel.

Hurricane Irma forced the closure of most major Florida ports as of Friday evening. The ports are unlikely to reopen until Tuesday at the earliest, according to Goldman Sachs. That suggests just a "gradual" restocking of Florida's gasoline supplies, the investment bank wrote in a research report on Monday.

"Without the ports, there's no fuel flowing. It's likely the number of gas outages will rise before they start falling," said Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst at GasBuddy.

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Significant damage to major ports could further complicate matters. Hurricane Harvey forced the shutdown of the Port of Corpus Christi in Texas for a record six days -- and other ports faced restrictions that delayed shipments.

However, Florida appears to have avoided the worst-case scenario that Irma threatened. That suggests Florida's ports may recover faster than Texas ports did.

"My hunch is those gasoline outage numbers are going to drop very, very fast. By next week, things should be very close to normal," said Tom Kloza, global head of energy analysis at the Oil Price Information Service.

Port Tampa Bay, the state's largest port, only suffered "very minimal" damage, port officials told CNNMoney. While Port Tampa Bay remains shut to vessels until the Coast Guard approves its reopening, on Monday morning petroleum trucks were approved to resume transporting fuel from the port.

"It's a small miracle," Paul Anderson, the port's president, said in an interview. "I can't tell you how relieved we are that we're not in a full-blown recovery. It could have been weeks of repairs."

Port Everglades, located in Fort Lauderdale, said in a statement on Monday that it is assessing damage and plans to reopen to vessels following approval from the U.S. Coast Guard. The port accounts for one-fifth of Florida's energy requirements and receives more than 12.5 million gallons of petroleum products each day.

Unfortunately, recovery efforts could be hampered by Hurricane Jose, which could move near Florida later this week.

"The window to make repairs or get deliveries may be quite small" due to Hurricane Jose, said Hillary Stevenson, director of oil markets at research firm Genscape.

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Other logistical challenges stand in the way of restoring Florida's gas situation, especially widespread power outages that have left some gas stations in the dark.

"We need to get their power restored in order for the fuel to begin running in their pumps," said James Miller, director of communications for the Florida Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association.

Some gas stations may have also suffered damage from the hurricane, while others could be blocked by road closures.

Florida officials scrambled before Irma hit to ease the gas shortage. The state's ports prioritized fuel shipments and Governor Rick Scott provided police escorts to tanker trucks. Scott also encouraged gas stations along evacuation routes to stay open late by offering gas station workers police escorts to make sure they got out before the storm hit.

The federal government has offered assistance as well by waiving restrictions on the types of cargo ships that can deliver fuel and on the types of fuel that can be used in Florida and other states.

CNNMoney (New York) First published September 11, 2017: 12:27 PM ET

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North Korea threatens pain and suffering after the UN sanctions, they are set to vote for the sanctions in New York on an American drafted paper. They have proposed some of the strictest restrictions including shutting down all oil exports and an immediate asset freeze for Kim Jong Un

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North Korea's Foreign Ministry said in a statement published on state media that if the US "does rig up the illegal and unlawful 'resolution'" it would respond in kind.

The Security Council is due to vote in New York on a US-drafted resolution to impose new restrictions on the rogue state following its sixth and largest nuclear test, carried out just over a week ago.

"The DPRK is ready and willing to use any form of ultimate means," the statement said, referring to the country by its acronym.

"The forthcoming measures to be taken by the DPRK will cause the US the greatest pain and suffering it had ever gone through in its entire history."

US puts forward another draft resolution

The US put forward another draft resolution Monday that made considerable changes to a previous version of the proposal.

The latest draft removes a call for a full oil embargo on the country and omits the freezing of assets and a call for a travel ban for North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un. The new draft also softens its language on foreign workers and other issues.

A previously circulated version of the US resolution called for a full ban on exports of oil to North Korea and an asset freeze on Kim, the Worker's Party and government of North Korea.

The Security Council vote is expected on Monday early evening ET.

The Reuters news agency reported Monday that the initial US proposals had been watered down, citing a new version of the draft resolution. The report also said that the sanctions had been softened to appease China and Russia, citing diplomats.

Russia and China both have veto power in the vote as permanent members of the Security Council. Both had expressed skepticism over the strict sanctions.

China -- North Korea's most powerful ally -- said Monday that it supported the Security Council's plan for a "further response" to North Korea and to take "necessary actions."

"We hope UNSC members will come to a consensus through full consultations and will send out the voice of unity and solidarity," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said at regular press conference Monday.

"The UNSC's response and actions should be helpful to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and to maintaining the stability of the region. And also helpful to solve the North Korea issue peacefully," Geng said.

The US and its allies have been calling for stern measures against North Korea since the September 3 nuclear test.

The test sent powerful tremors across the region, suggesting the device used was the most powerful the nation has ever tested. Pyongyang claims it tested a hydrogen bomb capable of sitting atop a ballistic missile.

Pyongyang celebrates

Despite the impending vote on potentially painful economic sanctions, the atmosphere in Pyongyang over the weekend was one of celebration.

North Korea commemorated the 69th anniversary of its founding on Saturday, holding large patriotic displays of dancing and devotion to the Kim family.

Speaking to CNN reporters, North Koreans on the street appeared unconcerned about further sanctions and threats of military action from the United States.

"We know the Americans may come back with many more sanctions but in response we Koreans will continue shooting up many more missiles and conducting many more H-bomb tests," North Korean shop assistant Han Myong Sim told CNN's Will Ripley.

"We don't worry very much," said another shop worker, Ri Jong Ok. "As long as we have Kim Jong Un, we'll survive."

Among the celebrations was a gala event in honor of North Korea's nuclear scientists, who successfully conducted the country's sixth nuclear test.

North Korean leader Kim attended the glitzy event himself, where footage purportedly showing the explosion was played, accompanied by a full string orchestra.

Merkel calls for Iran-like deal

Speaking on Monday, South Korea's Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said North Korea's nuclear arsenal was "the biggest challenge to our foreign affairs and security front and will continue to be so for many years to come."

But Kang added both the US and South Korea believed in following a policy of "responding firmly (to) provocations through tough sanctions while leaving the door open for dialogue."

Over the weekend, leaders in Germany and France waded into the escalating crisis.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in an interview with a German newspaper she would "immediately say yes" if Germany was asked to help end the crisis.

She said an agreement similar to the Iranian nuclear deal struck under the Obama administration could be the solution. Under the deal, Iran agreed to scale back its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.

"I could imagine such a format being used to end the North Korea conflict. Europe and especially Germany should be prepared to play a very active part in that," Merkel told Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung in an interview published Sunday.

French President Emmanuel Macron spoke on the phone with US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday to discuss the possibility of new sanctions.

"(They discussed) a firm and united reaction towards North Korea's repeated provocations as it is a threat to world peace and security," the Elysee Palace told CNN.

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North Korea's Foreign Ministry said in a statement published on state media that if the US "does rig up the illegal and unlawful 'resolution'" it would respond in kind. The Security Council is due to vote in New York on a US-drafted resolution to impose new restrictions on the rogue state following its sixth and largest nuclear test, carried out just over a week ago.

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At least eight people are dead, including the suspect, after a shooting at a home in Plano, Texas, authorities in North Texas said Sunday night.

The shooting occurred around 8 p.m. in the city less than 20 miles (32.19 kilometers) northeast of Dallas.

Plano police spokesman David Tilley said police initially responded to a report of shots fired. When the first officer arrived and went inside the home, the officer confronted the suspected shooter.

The officer opened fire, Tilley said, killing the suspect. Two others were injured in the shooting. Their conditions were not released.

The victims and suspect have not been identified. All of those killed and injured were believed to be adults.

Police also have not determined a motive for the shooting. Additional details were not immediately available.

Tilley said that a shooting of this magnitude was unusual for Plano, especially in such a quiet neighborhood. He could not say whether police had been called to the home before Sunday.

A police investigation is ongoing.

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At least eight people are dead, including the suspect, after a shooting at a home in Plano, Texas, authorities in North Texas said Sunday night. The shooting occurred around 8 p.m. in the city less than 20 miles (32.19 kilometers) northeast of Dallas. Plano police spokesman David Tilley...

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An Illinois singer with alopecia inspired one 4-year-old with the same disease while performing an inspirational song of acceptance.

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An Illinois singer with alopecia inspired one 4-year-old with the same disease while performing an inspirational song of acceptance.

Keya Trammell was onstage performing her song "Next to Blow" at Pembroke Days, an annual community festival, in Illinois.

While singing the upbeat inspirational song, Trammell, 25, who was diagnosed with the autoimmune skin disease when she was 2 years old, was inspired to say a few encouraging words to the audience.

The singer told ABC News a message was in her heart, especially after she spotted a little girl who was also bald. She had a hunch that perhaps that young girl had alopecia too.

"I began to take my hat off onstage and I speak about me having alopecia and how having alopecia made me feel doubt," she recalled. "I said, 'If I can't grow hair then how can I create the things that I want in life?'"

Trammell said she saw the little girl's mother begin to cry.

That woman was Robyne Glass, whose daughter Zion has alopecia as well.

"It was just a very inspirational moment for me and Zion," Glass said of the performance. "That was an experience I will never forget."

Glass continued, "I was overjoyed just to see someone else that has been where my daughter is going to go and to have another female -- especially another Christian female -- that I can reach out to and that she can reach out to that just made my day."

After the emotional performance, the Glass family approached Trammell.

"I just break out in tears -- the ugly cry," the singer recalled of the meeting. "I just look at Zion and say, 'You are so beautiful. You're just so beautiful!' She was kind of like, 'Don't cry.'"

The moment was captured in a photo that quickly went viral on Instagram, with more than 14,000 likes.

Trammell said she cried because she knew what it was like growing up without seeing someone dealing with the disease.

"For her to look at me that way was an honor. It makes me want to fight for awareness for alopecia and also create opportunities for people with alopecia concerning confidence and beauty," she said.

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An Illinois singer with alopecia inspired one 4-year-old with the same disease while performing an inspirational song of acceptance. Keya Trammell was onstage performing her song "Next to Blow" at Pembroke Days, an annual community festival, in Illinois.

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An 8.1 magnitude earthquake hit southern Mexico. 90 people are dead. About a third of the houses are gone.

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Hurricane Irma is showing its true colors as gas stations everywhere are out of comission and 6.2 million people are without power and around 2 million without homes

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Leaving a trail of devastation in Florida, Irma trudged north on Monday, flooding downtown Charleston, South Carolina, uprooting trees in Atlanta and cutting off coastal communities.

A weakened Irma -- downgraded to a tropical depression Monday night -- still packed power. At least three storm-related deaths were reported in Georgia and one in South Carolina. The deaths occurred mostly when tree limbs fell on victims during the tropical storm that stretched 650 miles from east to west, affecting at least nine states.

As Jacksonville, Florida, grappled with record storm surge, the level of the destruction became more apparent in the hard-hit Florida Keys at the southern tip of the state. Areas without water, power or communications are likely to remain so for some time.

Irma flooded portions of River Street in the tourist magnet city of Savannah, Georgia and forced police to temporarily shut Highway 80 leading to the barrier island community of Tybee Island. Water also filled The Battery, the downtown Charleston neighborhood where the Ashley and Cooper rivers meet. Charleston police asked residents to avoid downtown in anticipation of high tide.

Waters in Charleston Harbor peaked at nearly 10 feet high, the city's third-highest reading, topping Hurricane Matthew in 2016, said CNN meteorologist Taylor Ward.

Parts of coastal Georgia and South Carolina remained under storm surge warning late Monday.

Irma will continue to weaken, but the rain and wind will spread further north. The storm was moving towards Alabama late Monday. It is forecast to move to Tennessee on Tuesday before fizzling out later this week, forecasters said.

The latest developments:

-- As of Monday night, Irma was centered about 95 miles south of Atlanta, with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph, the National Hurricane Center said.

-- A 57-year-old South Carolina man was fatally injured by a falling tree limb during the storm, Abbeville County Coroner Ronnie Ashley told CNN. The man was cutting downed limbs with a chainsaw outside of his home when he was struck.

-Three people died in Georgia: A 62-year-old man who was on his roof was killed in Worth County, which experienced wind gusts of 69 mph, according to Kannetha Clem, a spokeswoman for the Worth County Sheriff's Office. Another man was killed in Sandy Springs, an Atlanta suburb, when a tree fell and "literally cut the home in half,"said Sharon Kraun, the city's communications director. One woman was killed when a downed tree struck her vehicle in Cumming as the car at in a private driveway, the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office.

-- About 6.2 million electric customers were without power in Florida late Monday, according to Floridadisaster.org. FEMA chief Brock Long has said some places won't have electricity for weeks.

-- More than 1.4 million customers in Georgia were without power, according to Georgia Power and Georgia EMC.

-- In South Carolina, nearly 200,000 customers were without power, according to utility companies.

-- Storm surge warnings in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina mean "there is a danger of life-threatening inundation," the hurricane center said.

'We're definitely shaken up'.

Irma turned Jacksonville's Memorial Park into an unrecognizable lake.

"We have very serious, significant river flooding along the banks of the St. Johns River. It's bad now, it's going to continue to get worse," meteorologist Angie Enyedi said. "We've already surpassed historic levels, the levels will continue to rise."

In one Jacksonville yard, Irma snapped a tree near its roots, sending it crashing onto the car of an evacuee from South Florida on Sunday.

No one was hurt. The tree at the end of Kristine Garcia's driveway, luckily, didn't fall on her house.

"We're definitely shaken up. We were in shock when we went outside," Garcia, 34, told CNN Monday. "If it would have fallen toward our direction, it would have been a ... mess."

No electricity or safe water

Irma devastated much of Marco Island, off the southwest coast of Florida, leaving it with no electricity or clean water.

Roommates Zack Forrest and Krock Indigo rode out the storm on the island and likened Irma to a relentless tornado. "The storm was really intense, it was like a tornado that lasted for an hour and a half," Forrest said.

"No way!" Indigo interrupted. "It was like 5 hours."

By the time Irma finished with Marco Island, it left 15 homes that have either lost their roofs or suffered other severe damage, the fire department said.

The good news is that there were no major injuries, said Marco Island Fire Chief Mike Murphy

"We were the little engine that did it," he told CNN's Ed Lavandera.

Tara O'Neill arrived at her house in Goodland, Florida, on Monday for the first time since the eye of the storm hit the small fishing village at the southeast corner of Marco Island. A tree had crushed her home.

"It's never good when you show up and see this in front of your house," she quipped.

The Goodland native bought the home in 1998 when it was a "dump," she said . She and her husband spent six years remodeling.

O'Neil climbed on the hood of her car to get a better look and found humor in her devastation.

Looters, she joked, could help themselves to anything they wanted.

Some Florida Keys residents could soon be home

Irma made landfall on the Florida Keys as a Category 4 hurricane Sunday, but the full extent of the damage there is still unknown.

That's because some islands are extremely difficult to access. Southbound US Route 1 -- the only road connecting the Keys -- is closed, Florida Keys spokesman Andy Newman said.

Large debris is blocking access, and a 150-foot stretch "has some buckling," Newman said.

Crews continued to work to clear US 1. Transportation officials have inspected and cleared some bridges, officials said.

Some evacuees from the Keys will get a chance to lay eyes on the devastation early Tuesday when Monroe County allows residents and business owners in Key Largo, Tavernier and Islamorada to return home.

'It's the worst storm I've ever seen'

But officials urged some evacuated Floridians to be patient and not try to go home yet even though the storm was beyond parts of the Deep South.

"We're asking folks to be patient and remain sheltered in place," said St. Augustine Fire Chief Carlos Aviles.

"Stay off the roads, stay off the streets, let us complete our assessment, clear the roads of water, power lines, trees and then you can get out there and determine what happened to your individual property or your neighborhood," said Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler.

The massive storm triggered evacuation orders for 5.6 million people before it made two landfalls in the state Sunday.

The first was over the Florida Keys, and the second, over Marco Island, left the island without water and power, authorities said.

"It's the worst storm I've ever seen," said Bill South of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Irma's deadly trail

Before slamming into to the United States, Irma hit Cuba late Friday as a Category 5 hurricane.

On Monday, Cuban state TV announced 10 hurricane related deaths -- meaning Irma killed a total of 36 people in the Caribbean before heading to the US.

This is the first year on record that the continental United States has had two Category 4 hurricane landfalls in the same year.

Last month, Hurricane Harvey devastated much of coastal Texas and killed more than 70 people.

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Leaving a trail of devastation in Florida, Irma trudged north on Monday, flooding downtown Charleston, South Carolina, uprooting trees in Atlanta and cutting off coastal communities. A weakened Irma -- downgraded to a tropical depression Monday night -- still packed power. At least three storm-related deaths were reported in Georgia and one in South Carolina.

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Two Florida first responders were rescued early Monday morning after a live power pole and electric lines crashed onto their patrol car, trapping the pair in the midst of Hurricane Irma’s damage.

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Two Florida first responders were rescued early Monday morning after a live power pole and electric lines crashed onto their patrol car, trapping the pair in the midst of Hurricane Irma's damage.

Polk County Sheriff's Officer Sgt. Chris Lynn and Polk County Fire Rescue Paramedic James Tanner Schaill were heading back to north Lakeland when the power pole toppled onto their moving car, trapping them for two hours, the sheriff's office wrote in a Facebook post. The duo had just dropped off an elderly patient at a medical center.

Neither Lynn nor Schaill were able to exit the car due to the risk of electrocution.

Lakeland Electric crews were eventually able to disconnect the lines and free Lynn and Schaill about 1:15 a.m.

The scary incident helped illustrate why the sheriff's office urged residents to stay in their homes as officials assessed the damage in the neighborhoods, including downed trees and power lines that were blocking roadway.

"Please be careful out there! We strongly recommend that citizens do not drive on roads unless it is necessary. Downed power lines are very dangerous. Debris on roadways is common," the office wrote on Facebook.

Live power lines pose a serious issue during hurricanes. A Houston man was electrocuted while walking in floodwaters caused by Hurricane Harvey last month. He was walking to his sister's house, treading through four feet of water, when he accidentally stepped on a live electrical wire.

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Two Florida first responders were rescued early Monday morning after a live power pole and electric lines crashed onto their patrol car, trapping the pair in the midst of Hurricane Irma's damage. Polk County Sheriff's Officer Sgt.

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An emergency crew responded to a call of a woman in labor in her home during Hurricane Irma. CNN's Don Lemon interviewed the response team.

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In Cheektowaga, NY an 88 year old man brutally attacks his wife with a hammer in a nursing home. Where she was being cared for.

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Authorities say an 88-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after hitting his wife in the head with a hammer inside the New York nursing home where she was undergoing treatment.

The Erie County district attorney's office said Monday that Martin Turkiewicz, of Cheektowaga, was also charged with assault following Saturday's attack inside the Garden Gate Health Care Facility in his hometown in suburban Buffalo.

Police say 86-year-old Rita Turkiewicz was at the facility for physical rehabilitation when her husband of 60 years walked into her room and hit her with a hammer. A possible motive for the attack hasn't been released.

Martin Turkiewicz has pleaded not guilty and is being held in jail without bail pending a court appearance Wednesday.

His wife is being treated at a hospital.

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Curse of Robert E. Lee? Death of a semi-truck after the driver collides with a crane that is heading out to go help remove the statue of General Lee.

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A crane set to aid in the removal of a controversial Texas statue of Robert E. Lee collided with a semitrailer Sunday night, killing the driver of the truck, police said.

The crane was heading to Lee Park and was attempting to make a left on a green light when the semitrailer ran a red light and plowed into the machine in downtown Dallas, Assistant City Manager Jon Fortune said.

"[The semitrailer driver] was traveling...at a very high rate of speed and failed to yield the right of way, colliding into the crane," a city news release said.

The semitrailer driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The crane driver was not seriously injured in the crash.

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"Our condolences are going out to the family of the semitruck driver. At this time the city is again feeling a little sad this evening about the incident that occurred," Dallas city manager T.C. Broadnax told FOX4.

The crane had been in Houston to help with Hurricane Harvey cleanup, delaying Dallas' plan by a week to remove the controversial 81-year-old Lee statue. The Dallas City Council voted 13-1 last week to remove the Lee monument, despite calls to keep the memorial.

The crane was badly damaged in the crash, delaying the removal again.

"We're going to regroup and figure out how to proceed [on Tuesday] after we spend some time assessing the current situation," Broadnax said.

The calls to remove Confederate statues in U.S. cities grew louder after a woman protesting white supremacists died when she was rammed by a vehicle in Charlottesville in August.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Leaving a trail of devastation in Florida, Irma trudged north on Monday, flooding downtown Charleston, South Carolina, uprooting trees in Atlanta and cutting off coastal communities.

A weakened Irma -- downgraded to a tropical depression Monday night -- still packed power. At least three storm-related deaths were reported in Georgia and one in South Carolina. The deaths occurred mostly when tree limbs fell on victims during the tropical storm that stretched 650 miles from east to west, affecting at least nine states.

As Jacksonville, Florida, grappled with record storm surge, the level of the destruction became more apparent in the hard-hit Florida Keys at the southern tip of the state. Areas without water, power or communications are likely to remain so for some time.

Irma flooded portions of River Street in the tourist magnet city of Savannah, Georgia and forced police to temporarily shut Highway 80 leading to the barrier island community of Tybee Island. Water also filled The Battery, the downtown Charleston neighborhood where the Ashley and Cooper rivers meet. Charleston police asked residents to avoid downtown in anticipation of high tide.

Waters in Charleston Harbor peaked at nearly 10 feet high, the city's third-highest reading, topping Hurricane Matthew in 2016, said CNN meteorologist Taylor Ward.

Parts of coastal Georgia and South Carolina remained under storm surge warning late Monday.

Irma will continue to weaken, but the rain and wind will spread further north. The storm was moving towards Alabama late Monday. It is forecast to move to Tennessee on Tuesday before fizzling out later this week, forecasters said.

The latest developments:

-- As of Monday night, Irma was centered about 95 miles south of Atlanta, with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph, the National Hurricane Center said.

-- A 57-year-old South Carolina man was fatally injured by a falling tree limb during the storm, Abbeville County Coroner Ronnie Ashley told CNN. The man was cutting downed limbs with a chainsaw outside of his home when he was struck.

-Three people died in Georgia: A 62-year-old man who was on his roof was killed in Worth County, which experienced wind gusts of 69 mph, according to Kannetha Clem, a spokeswoman for the Worth County Sheriff's Office. Another man was killed in Sandy Springs, an Atlanta suburb, when a tree fell and "literally cut the home in half,"said Sharon Kraun, the city's communications director. One woman was killed when a downed tree struck her vehicle in Cumming as the car at in a private driveway, the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office.

-- About 6.2 million electric customers were without power in Florida late Monday, according to Floridadisaster.org. FEMA chief Brock Long has said some places won't have electricity for weeks.

-- More than 1.4 million customers in Georgia were without power, according to Georgia Power and Georgia EMC.

-- In South Carolina, nearly 200,000 customers were without power, according to utility companies.

-- Storm surge warnings in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina mean "there is a danger of life-threatening inundation," the hurricane center said.

'We're definitely shaken up'.

Irma turned Jacksonville's Memorial Park into an unrecognizable lake.

"We have very serious, significant river flooding along the banks of the St. Johns River. It's bad now, it's going to continue to get worse," meteorologist Angie Enyedi said. "We've already surpassed historic levels, the levels will continue to rise."

In one Jacksonville yard, Irma snapped a tree near its roots, sending it crashing onto the car of an evacuee from South Florida on Sunday.

No one was hurt. The tree at the end of Kristine Garcia's driveway, luckily, didn't fall on her house.

"We're definitely shaken up. We were in shock when we went outside," Garcia, 34, told CNN Monday. "If it would have fallen toward our direction, it would have been a ... mess."

No electricity or safe water

Irma devastated much of Marco Island, off the southwest coast of Florida, leaving it with no electricity or clean water.

Roommates Zack Forrest and Krock Indigo rode out the storm on the island and likened Irma to a relentless tornado. "The storm was really intense, it was like a tornado that lasted for an hour and a half," Forrest said.

"No way!" Indigo interrupted. "It was like 5 hours."

By the time Irma finished with Marco Island, it left 15 homes that have either lost their roofs or suffered other severe damage, the fire department said.

The good news is that there were no major injuries, said Marco Island Fire Chief Mike Murphy

"We were the little engine that did it," he told CNN's Ed Lavandera.

Tara O'Neill arrived at her house in Goodland, Florida, on Monday for the first time since the eye of the storm hit the small fishing village at the southeast corner of Marco Island. A tree had crushed her home.

"It's never good when you show up and see this in front of your house," she quipped.

The Goodland native bought the home in 1998 when it was a "dump," she said . She and her husband spent six years remodeling.

O'Neil climbed on the hood of her car to get a better look and found humor in her devastation.

Looters, she joked, could help themselves to anything they wanted.

Some Florida Keys residents could soon be home

Irma made landfall on the Florida Keys as a Category 4 hurricane Sunday, but the full extent of the damage there is still unknown.

That's because some islands are extremely difficult to access. Southbound US Route 1 -- the only road connecting the Keys -- is closed, Florida Keys spokesman Andy Newman said.

Large debris is blocking access, and a 150-foot stretch "has some buckling," Newman said.

Crews continued to work to clear US 1. Transportation officials have inspected and cleared some bridges, officials said.

Some evacuees from the Keys will get a chance to lay eyes on the devastation early Tuesday when Monroe County allows residents and business owners in Key Largo, Tavernier and Islamorada to return home.

'It's the worst storm I've ever seen'

But officials urged some evacuated Floridians to be patient and not try to go home yet even though the storm was beyond parts of the Deep South.

"We're asking folks to be patient and remain sheltered in place," said St. Augustine Fire Chief Carlos Aviles.

"Stay off the roads, stay off the streets, let us complete our assessment, clear the roads of water, power lines, trees and then you can get out there and determine what happened to your individual property or your neighborhood," said Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler.

The massive storm triggered evacuation orders for 5.6 million people before it made two landfalls in the state Sunday.

The first was over the Florida Keys, and the second, over Marco Island, left the island without water and power, authorities said.

"It's the worst storm I've ever seen," said Bill South of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Irma's deadly trail

Before slamming into to the United States, Irma hit Cuba late Friday as a Category 5 hurricane.

On Monday, Cuban state TV announced 10 hurricane related deaths -- meaning Irma killed a total of 36 people in the Caribbean before heading to the US.

This is the first year on record that the continental United States has had two Category 4 hurricane landfalls in the same year.

Last month, Hurricane Harvey devastated much of coastal Texas and killed more than 70 people.

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Counting Irma, Florida has now sustained 117 direct hits by hurricanes in recorded history -- far more than any other US state, according to NOAA. That's almost twice as many major storms as have hit the runner-up, Texas.

Louisiana is third in hurricane landfalls, followed by North Carolina and South Carolina.

In fact, 40% of all US hurricanes strike Florida, NOAA says. (Hurricanes sometimes make landfall in multiple states, which is why that 40% figure may not seem to add up.)

Why Florida? Well, Atlantic hurricanes form over warm water in the tropics and typically move west-northwest with the prevailing winds. That often puts the southeastern US coast in their path, and Florida has the longest coastline -- some 1,350 miles -- of any state but Alaska. So it's a big target.

Hurricanes usually weaken as they reach the colder waters of the Northeast, which is why states like Massachusetts and Maine see relatively few.

And hurricanes in the Pacific, while they do occur, tend to travel northwest, away from the mainland US. Those that travel north soon weaken to tropical storms -- another reason why a documented hurricane has never made landfall on the West Coast. So that leaves Florida with the dubious title.

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Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds. Counting Irma, Florida has now sustained 117 direct hits by hurricanes in recorded history -- far more than any other US state, according to NOAA. That's almost twice as many major storms as have hit the runner-up, Texas.

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Florida is racing to refill its drained gas stations to allow millions of residents to return to their homes following mass evacuations caused by Hurricane Irma. At least 60% of the gas stations in Miami and Fort Lauderdale and Gainesville are without fuel.

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Florida is racing to refill its drained gas stations to allow millions of residents to return to their homes following mass evacuations caused by Hurricane Irma.

Historic demand for gasoline sparked major gas shortages in the days before Hurricane Irma struck Florida over the weekend.

At least 60% of the gas stations in Miami-Fort Lauderdale and Gainesville are without fuel, according to estimates on Monday morning from crowdsourcing platform GasBuddy. Roughly half of the gas stations in Jacksonville, Tampa, West Palm Beach and Fort Myers are also empty after Floridians took to their cars to flee the path of the storm.

These widespread gasoline outages threaten to make life even more difficult for Florida residents as they try to return home to see if their property suffered damage from Irma's powerful winds and storm surge.

The big key to fixing the gas shortages will be getting Florida's ports reopened to receive fuel shipments. Florida has few refineries of its own, making it reliant on tankers and barges to meet virtually all of its huge appetite for fuel.

Hurricane Irma forced the closure of most major Florida ports as of Friday evening. The ports are unlikely to reopen until Tuesday at the earliest, according to Goldman Sachs. That suggests just a "gradual" restocking of Florida's gasoline supplies, the investment bank wrote in a research report on Monday.

"Without the ports, there's no fuel flowing. It's likely the number of gas outages will rise before they start falling," said Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst at GasBuddy.

Related: The costliest natural disasters in U.S. history

Significant damage to major ports could further complicate matters. Hurricane Harvey forced the shutdown of the Port of Corpus Christi in Texas for a record six days -- and other ports faced restrictions that delayed shipments.

However, Florida appears to have avoided the worst-case scenario that Irma threatened. That suggests Florida's ports may recover faster than Texas ports did.

"My hunch is those gasoline outage numbers are going to drop very, very fast. By next week, things should be very close to normal," said Tom Kloza, global head of energy analysis at the Oil Price Information Service.

Port Tampa Bay, the state's largest port, only suffered "very minimal" damage, port officials told CNNMoney. While Port Tampa Bay remains shut to vessels until the Coast Guard approves its reopening, on Monday morning petroleum trucks were approved to resume transporting fuel from the port.

"It's a small miracle," Paul Anderson, the port's president, said in an interview. "I can't tell you how relieved we are that we're not in a full-blown recovery. It could have been weeks of repairs."

Port Everglades, located in Fort Lauderdale, said in a statement on Monday that it is assessing damage and plans to reopen to vessels following approval from the U.S. Coast Guard. The port accounts for one-fifth of Florida's energy requirements and receives more than 12.5 million gallons of petroleum products each day.

Unfortunately, recovery efforts could be hampered by Hurricane Jose, which could move near Florida later this week.

"The window to make repairs or get deliveries may be quite small" due to Hurricane Jose, said Hillary Stevenson, director of oil markets at research firm Genscape.

Related: Hurricanes will probably hurt the economy, but not for long

Other logistical challenges stand in the way of restoring Florida's gas situation, especially widespread power outages that have left some gas stations in the dark.

"We need to get their power restored in order for the fuel to begin running in their pumps," said James Miller, director of communications for the Florida Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association.

Some gas stations may have also suffered damage from the hurricane, while others could be blocked by road closures.

Florida officials scrambled before Irma hit to ease the gas shortage. The state's ports prioritized fuel shipments and Governor Rick Scott provided police escorts to tanker trucks. Scott also encouraged gas stations along evacuation routes to stay open late by offering gas station workers police escorts to make sure they got out before the storm hit.

The federal government has offered assistance as well by waiving restrictions on the types of cargo ships that can deliver fuel and on the types of fuel that can be used in Florida and other states.

CNNMoney (New York) First published September 11, 2017: 12:27 PM ET

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Gas shortage: Florida races to refill gas stations after Hurricane Irma

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Historic demand for gasoline sparked major gas shortages in the days before Hurricane Irma struck Florida over the weekend. At least 60% of the gas stations in Miami-Fort Lauderdale and Gainesville are without fuel, according to estimates on Monday morning from crowdsourcing platform GasBuddy.