Give me shelter: About 50K seek refuge as Irma nears Florida

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) " Inside Palm Beach Gardens High School's basketball gym, mattresses and sleeping bags were spread out on the floor Saturday for more than 3,000 people.They dragged suitcases and garbage bags filled with clothes across the parking lot under graying skies. Some pushed babies in strollers. People slept, talked, read or played with their cellphones. A group of American Red Cross volunteers sang "Happy Birthday" to Fran, an elderly woman who raised her arms [...]


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