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Hurricane Irma has grown to be bigger than Ohio — and has the experts worried

The water is disappearing from store shelves. The hotel rooms hours away from the coast are being booked.

And while thousands are preparing for the worst, what do the experts think of Hurricane Irma?

It’s not good.

From its size - larger than the state of Ohio - to the fact it’s registering on seismometers to even its view from space, Hurricane Irma is making even the experts worried.

Graham Cawthon: 843-706-8138, @GrahamCawthon

This story was originally published September 6, 2017 at 12:07 PM with the headline "Hurricane Irma has grown to be bigger than Ohio — and has the experts worried."

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