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NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Bill Barnett, the mayor of Naples, Fla., about how his city has prepared for Hurricane Irma.

Daniel Cruz is managing a pet-friendly hurricane shelter at Woodlands Middle School in Sarasota County, Florida. 1,200 people are there and more are expected to arrive before Hurricane Irma hits.

After Hurricane Irma hits Florida, Alabama is next up. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Republican Gov. Kay Ivey about the state's preparations, and what's in store for its residents.

Hurricane Irma is expected to hit Tampa, where many people who evacuated from Florida's east coast have headed. NPR's Michel Martin talks to Tom Forward, Tampa's fire chief and emergency manager, about preparations for the storm.

Hurricane Irma has also left destruction on Cuba and the Caribbean Islands. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Michael Weissenstein, Caribbean Bureau Chief for the Associated Press.

Ponce Plaza Nursing home nursing had to shelter in place with 147 patients in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with the facilities administrator Desiree Sebastian.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Michael Masters, senior vice president with security intelligence firm The Soufan Group, who explains how natural disasters from fire and floods can destabilize major cities.

Years after Sept. 11, some schools are grappling with how to teach the terrorist attacks and their aftermath to a new generation of students.

Mary Louise Kelly talks to Craig Fugate, who was running the Federal Emergency Management Agency when Hurricane Sandy hit — among many other storms he's worked over the years. He talks about Irma.

Irma was a Category 1 hurricane when it struck the Tampa Bay region. The storm continues to move north — leaving destruction and power outages in its wake.