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Trump to residents in Irma’s path: ‘Just get out of its way’

President Donald Trump has urged any US residents still in Hurricane Irma’s path to “just get out of its way”…

Trump to residents in Irma’s path: ‘Just get out of its way’

US President Donald Trump (Photo: AFP)

President Donald Trump has urged any US residents still in Hurricane Irma’s path to “just get out of its way” and not worry about possessions, as he monitored the powerful storm’s advance on Florida from the secluded Camp David presidential retreat.

Irma was expected to strike the Florida Keys at daybreak today.

Trump called it a “storm of enormous destructive power” and asked, “everyone in the storm path to heed all instructions, get out of its way.”

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“Property is replaceable but lives are not and safety has to come first,” Trump said at a Cabinet meeting at the Maryland retreat, where he was spending the weekend with his wife, first lady Melania Trump. “Don’t worry about it. Just get out of its way.” Trump shared a brief video of his remarks on Twitter.

Irma hammered Cuba yesterday with punishing winds and rain before setting her sights on Florida, where massive evacuations were being carried out.

Trump said the US was grieving for those who were killed by Irma even before she reached the US mainland. The storm left more than 20 people dead in the Caribbean. He said the administration is monitoring the situation “around the clock” and is in “constant communications” with governors and other officials from the affected areas.

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