Hurricane Irma weakened to a Category one storm today. It is blasting up the west coast of Florida and bearing down on the city of Tampa, with dangerous flooding along long stretches of coast.<br/> <br/>Maximum sustained winds had decreased to near 85 miles with Irma projected to become a tropical storm as it moved into northern Florida or southern Georgia later today. <br/><br/>More than 3.4 million homes in the state are without power, and parts of the city of Miami are under water. Three storm-related deaths have been reported and several areas have brought in curfews. <br/><br/>Warnings of dangerous storm surges remained in effect through vast swaths of peninsular Florida, where more than six million people had been ordered to flee Irma in one of the biggest evacuations in US history. <br/>'<br/>U.S. President Donald Trump has approved a major disaster declaration for Florida and ordered federal aid to help the state struck by Hurricane Irma.<br/><br/>