LIVE Updates: Irma Weakens From Hurricane To Tropical Storm In Florida

In lighter news, White House social media director Dan Scavino tweeted a wrong video of the Miami airport getting flooded, and was corrected by the airport itself.

10 people have been reportedly killed in Cuba as a result of hurricane Irma.

Millions in Florida and Georgia lose power due to Irma

The damage from Irma, which has now been downgraded to a tropical storm from being a Category 1 hurricane, has resulted in the loss of power for around 5.8 million homes and businesses in Florida and Georgia, according to state officials.

Most outages were in Florida Power & Light's (the state's biggest power company) service area in the southern and eastern parts of Florida state.

In Georgia, around 152,000 customers have reportedly lost power.

Delta Air Lines to cancel around 800 flights due to Irma

Delta Air Lines Inc will cancel around 800 flights due to Irma as it braces for Irma at its Atlanta hub. Airline officials said Irma could bring strong crosswinds which would exceed operating limits on select mainline and regional aircraft, which is why they were taking this step.

Irma has now been downgraded to a tropical storm from a Category 1 Hurricane.

Hurricane Irma weakens to tropical storm

According to AFP, the National Hurricane Centre has said that Hurricane Irma has now weakened to become a tropical storm. Irma is continuing on a northward path through Florida.

As of 8 am (1200 GMT), Irma was 105 miles (170 km) northwest of Tampa, with maximum sustained winds of 70 miles per hour (110 km per hour). Thus, it still produced "some wind gusts to near hurricane force."

However, early reports on the aftermath of Irma's damage were not as bad as was initially feared. People were able to make their way through lightly flooded streets.

Irma was also linked to three deaths in Florida.

Hurricane Irma weakens to tropical storm

According to AFP, the National Hurricane Centre has said that Hurricane Irma has now weakened to become a tropical storm. Irma is continuing on a northward path through Florida.

As of 8 am (1200 GMT), Irma was 105 miles (170 km) northwest of Tampa, with maximum sustained winds of 70 miles per hour (110 km per hour). Thus, it still produced "some wind gusts to near hurricane force."

However, early reports on the aftermath of Irma's damage were not as bad as was initially feared. People were able to make their way through lightly flooded streets.

Irma was also linked to three deaths in Florida.

Extent of damage from Hurricane Irma unclear

Even though Hurricane Irma has lost strength and has been downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane, it has still left a trail of destruction in its wake.

The extent of the damage caused by Hurricane Irma is unclear, as of now. Many eyewitness accounts in the city of Miami in Florida, have described major loss of property, with millions left without electricity and city streets flooded.

Brian L Kahn, a senior science writer for 'Climate Central', a non-profit, non-advocacy research and journalism organisation, tweeted a video of a flooded street in downtown Miami. He tweeted saying downtown Miami looked "like a watery war zone". In the tweet, he also said that this was more than 100 miles from the eye of the hurricane.

Downtown Miami looks like a watery war zone. This is more than 100 miles from #Irma's eye pic.twitter.com/F71QYi0Vd2

'Bad News Is This Is Some Big Monster': Donald Trump On Hurricane Irma
US President Donald Trump called Hurricane Irma "some big monster" as it battered the Florida coast. The US House of Representatives canceled votes scheduled for Monday because of the hurricane.

The storm had killed three people when it struck the southern Florida Keys island chain as a more powerful Category Four on Sunday.

Irma Weakens To Category 1 Hurricane But Still Poses Threat
Warnings of dangerous storm surges remained in effect through vast swaths of peninsular Florida, where more than six million people had been ordered to flee Irma in one of the biggest evacuations in US history.

Irma's Winds Buckle Three Giant Cranes In South Florida
No injuries were reported in any of the three collapses, and investigations would begin after the storm cleared, officials said.

Irma weakens to Category 1 Hurricane, still poses storm surge threat, says US forecasters.

So far, the brunt of the storm has affected Florida Power and Light's customers in the states' southern and eastern sections, and its own operations were not immune, either.

Hurricane Irma Knocks Out Power To Nearly 4 Million In Florida: Utilities
Hurricane Irma knocked out power to nearly 4 million homes and businesses in Florida on Sunday, threatening millions more as it crept up the state's west coast, and full restoration of service could take weeks, local electric utilities said.

Around 400 homes in Orlando have welcomed in Tampa residents solely through their own initiative.

1,20,000 Indians stuck in Florida

1,20,000 Indians are stuck in Florida. The Indian Consulate in Atlanta was coordinating with various community groups and was in constant touch with community leaders and Indian passport holders, the Indian American community organisations in Atlanta launched an unprecedented relief effort for those in distress due to hurricane Irma.

JUST IN: Two feared dead as Hurricane strikes Florida, reports local media.

Irma struck the Florida Keys archipelago earlier on Sunday and is now bearing north, bearing down on the city of Tampa on the west coast of the Florida peninsula.

Economic cost of Harvey, Irma could be $290 billion: Accuweather

The combined economic cost of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma could reach $290 billion, equivalent to 1.5 percent of the US gross domestic product, US forecaster AccuWeather said in a report Sunday.

"We believe the damage estimate from Irma to be about $100 billion, among the costliest hurricanes of all time," said the firm's CEO and founder Joel Myers.

Please call the Monroe County EM Hotline at 1-800-955-5504 or visit http://www.monroecountyEM.gov  for information regarding Irma impacts, informs weather service in Tampa Bay Area.