MIAMI: Hurricane Irma regained strength Sunday as it began pummeling Florida, threatening almost the entire southeastern US state after cutting a deadly path of destruction through the Caribbean.

The storm, packing of winds of 130 miles per hour (210 kilometers per hour), was upgraded to a Category 4 storm as it closed in on the island chain known as the Florida Keys, the US National Hurricane Center said.

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