Harford To Help Hurricane Irma Victims

BEL AIR, MD - To help the victims of Hurricane Irma, Harford County Executive Barry Glassman authorized several local emergency officials to go to Florida.

Eight people were authorized to assist via the Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), according to a statement from Harford County government. A swift water rescue team consisting of six crew members and one crew chief as well as an emergency planner may respond to the federal call for assistance as a result of the hurricane.

"The Harford County team has been assembled and is ready to deploy as soon as they are called," officials reported on Sunday afternoon.

Deputy Director of Emergency Services Rick Ayers, County Executive Barry Glassman and Director of Emergency Services Edward Hopkins were on a conference call about Hurricane Irma on Sept. 10. Photo courtesy of Harford County Government.

Watch: Up Close Views Of Powerful Irma

As of 8 p.m. on Sunday, Hurricane Irma was 25 miles east-northeast of Fort Myers on the southwest coast of Florida. It was packing maximum sustained winds of 105 mph.

Parts of western Florida may get up to 20 inches of rain, the National Hurricane Center advised.

So far, at least three deaths have been connected to the storm in Florida. In Tallahassee, a Hardee County sheriff's deputy leaving her shift and a state corrections officer on his way to his shift collided head-on into each other and died in the crash, according to a report by the Miami Herald. A third person died in a single vehicle crash in Orange County at about 7 p.m.

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Main Photo: Waves crash over a seawall at the mouth of the Miami River from Biscayne Bay, Fla., as Hurricane Irma passes by, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)