FEMA Chief to Florida Keys Residents: ‘You’re on your own’

Another 700,000 Floridians evacuate

Hurricane Irma is driving toward Florida passing the eastern end of Cuba in this NASA's GOES-16 satellite image taken at about 0800 EDT on September 8, 2017. Courtesy NOAA National Weather Service National Hurricane Center/Handout via Reuters

The FEMA chief told Florida Keys residents that they'll need to fend for themselves.

“You’re on your own until we can actually get in there, and it’s safe for our teams to support local and state efforts,” FEMA chief Brock Long said in a statement, reported the Weather Channel.