South Florida was placed under a hurricane warning and the remainder of Florida braced itself for Hurricane Irma’s fury as it continued its westward track Friday. Irma, a Category 4 storm, is expected to make landfall in Florida by Sunday morning.

Tallahassee-based Florida Municipal Electric Association (FMEA) has activated its mutual aid network and is lining up crews to restore power to areas that will be affected by Hurricane Irma, according to a FMEA statement.

The week started off with the state --- and the nation --- mesmerized by Hurricane Harvey. But by Friday, Hurricane Irma sent Florida into a frenzy.

From his perch on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.,  has been focusing on international issues in recent days. 

Floridians hoping to flee the potential danger from Hurricane Irma were left with few options after several airlines reportedly price gouged tickets out of harm’s way, forcing airlines to respond and do their part to help fleeing Floridians. 

Space Florida, the agency leading Florida's efforts in the reviving space industry at Cape Canaveral, praised President Donald Trump's new nominee to lead NASA.

With the help of a Florida congressman, on Wednesday, the U.S. House backed a proposal allowing car companies to test 100,000 self-driving cars on public roads.

Trump confidante and Florida man Roger Stone filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to release leaked Democratic National Committee emails.

Stone called the case “nothing more than a manufactured claim” filed by a group of “Obama era attorneys who are still smarting that their chosen candidate did not win the presidency.”

Pilots of the Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron have been flying into the eye of Hurricane Irma for the past four days.

Maximum winds were recorded at a jaw-dropping 185 miles per hour, said Maj. Brad Roundtree, making it one of the strongest Atlantic storms in history. 

Roundtree says, "Our Hurricane Hunters will continue to fly until landfall."

Part of the 403rd Wing, based out of Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Miss., the Weather Reconnaissance Squadron is the only U.S. military unit that flies into tropical storms and hurricanes.

In anticipation of what could be the most devastating hurricane to make landfall in Florida in decades, legislative leaders Wednesday canceled committee meetings scheduled for next week.

Senate President Joe Negron and House Speaker Richard Corcoran called off what would have been the first committee meetings to prepare for the 2018 legislative session, citing concerns about potential damage from Hurricane Irma.