Hurricane Irma did it a second time.
It made landfall on Marco Island, Florida, as a Category 3 hurricane Sunday afternoon.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Irma's powerful eye roared ashore at Marco Island just south of Naples with 115-mph, (185-kph), winds, for a second U.S. landfall at 3:35 pm eastern.
Category 3 storms have winds from 111 to 129 mph, but a 130-mph wind gust was reported by the Marco Island Police Department.
Irma's second U.S. landfall was tied for the 21st strongest landfall in the U.S. based on central pressure.
Irma's first U.S. landfall in the Florida Keys was tied for 7th.
Three people were reported dead in Florida, with 24 deaths attributed to Irma in the Carribean.
More than 2.1 million customers lost power in Florida as the hurricane pounded the state.
Florida Power & Light reported the numbers in the afternoon.
The utility, which services much of south Florida, said more than 845,000 of those customers were in Miami-Dade County.
Duke Energy, the dominant utility in the northern half of Florida, has about 13,000 outages with the outer bands of Irma sweeping across the region.
The power companies added they have extra crews on hand to try to restore power, when it becomes safe to do so.
Among other things, 2 construction cranes fell in Miami due to the ferocious winds, but there were no injuries.
The White House said President Donald Trump received a "comprehensive update'' on Irma.
Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and several cabinet members participated in the briefing from Camp David -- the presidential retreat.