Hurricane Irma barreled through the Turks and Caicos Islands as a category 4 storm en route to a destructive encounter with Florida this weekend.
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Hurricane Irma flags after pummelling Miami, sending damage forecast down
Total damages had been predicted as high as $200 billion, but the hurricane dwindled to a Category 2 before reaching the Tampa Bay area
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Damages
Hurricane Irma threatens to become the most expensive storm in US history
Storm has already left at least 22 people dead, 1000s homeless across the Caribbean and threatens to rack up as much as $200 billion in damages