The Monroe County Emergency Operations Center has issued mandatory evacuation orders for the Florida Keys ahead of Hurricane Irma's expected landfall on Saturday. 

"We're emphatically telling people you must evacuate, you can not afford to stay on an island with a Category 5 hurricane coming at you. Most of this island chain is only three to five feet above sea level. With the surges we're expecting this is not the place to be," Director Martin Senterfitt said. 

A visitor evacuation is expected to begin on Wednesday. Monroe County will not be making any shelters available for the storm. 

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