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Manx family evacuates in Florida

Kim Fielder with her mother, Vickie Price

Hurricane Irma threatens home

From Douglas, Isle of Man into the path of the most devastating hurricane ever to hit the Carribbean and Florida.

The Fielder family - Russ, his Manx wife Kim, and their Island-born children, 16 year-old Matthew and 11 year-old Daniel - moved from the Island to the Sunshine State only a month ago.

Hurricane Irma is expected to hit on Sunday - now a category four storm that's torn through the Caribbean, killing 20 people so far.

Authorities in Florida ordered mass evacuations.

Russ told Tanya Humbles they'll brave the Interstate 75 in standstill traffic to escape it:

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