President Donald Trump’s seaside Mar-a-Lago resort has been ordered to evacuate because of Hurricane Irma, along with the barrier islands and low-lying areas of Palm Beach County. 
 
 About 125,000 Palm Beach residents were told to leave starting at 10 a.m. Friday, according to the Sun Sentinel. All of Florida is under a state of emergency, with evacuation orders also issued in Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties. 
 
 Trump has returned repeatedly to the private club — which he bought in 1985 — to relax and conduct state business since becoming president. Initiation fees were raised to $200,000 after his election. 
 
 Category 5 Irma is expected to arrive in South Florida starting Saturday. 
 
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 SHARE COPY LINK The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos are bracing for Hurricane Irma on Thursday. Much of Cuba, the Florida Keys & South Florida are also under a hurricane watch. A storm surge watch has also been issued for parts of Florida. It’s increasingly more likely McClatchyMeta Viers/McClatchy 
 
 Mar-a-Lago, which overlooks the ocean in Palm Beach, was built in 1927. Summer is the slow tourist season in South Florida. 
 
 “We are closely monitoring Hurricane Irma,” a Trump Organization spokesperson told CNN on Wednesday. “Our teams at the Trump properties in Florida are taking all of the proper precautions and following local and Florida state advisories very closely to ensure that everyone is kept safe and secure. We continue to send our thoughts and prayers to victims of Hurricane Harvey and are praying for those that are in the path of Hurricane Irma.” 
 
 Trump also owns three golf courses in Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties, as well as an 11-bedroom mansion on the French side of the Caribbean island of St. Martin. 
 
 President Donald Trump’s mansion on the French side of the Caribbean island of St. Martin is on the market for $16.9 million. But its condition is unknown after Hurricane Irma pummeled the region. St. Martin Sotheby’s International Realty Courtesy 
 
 Widespread devastation was reported in St. Martin after Irma swept through. Authorities on Wednesday said at least four people were killed and 50 injured. The hurricane destroyed 95 percent of buildings on the island, according to AFP. 
 
 “We know that the four most solid buildings on the island have been destroyed,” said French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb, “which means that more rustic structures have probably been completely or partially destroyed.” 

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 WASHINGTON (AP) — The five living former U.S. presidents said Thursday they would team up to create the "One America Appeal" to raise money for storm recovery as Texas and Louisiana seek to regroup from Harvey and Florida and the Atlantic coast brace for Hurricane Irma. 
 
 The hurricane recovery effort was announced by former presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter. 
 
 Online donations can be made at OneAmericaAppeal.org . 
 
 The current president, Donald Trump, tweeted his support: "We will confront ANY challenge, no matter how strong the winds or high the water. I'm proud to stand with Presidents for #OneAmericaAppeal." 
 
 The hurricanes represent the latest philanthropic collaboration by living ex-U.S. presidents and their first joint effort since Trump's election. The elder Bush and Clinton raised money for victims of the devastating tsunami in Asia in 2004 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005. After Haiti's massive earthquake in 2010, Obama tapped Clinton and the younger Bush to lead a relief effort. 
 
 For the Bush family, Harvey struck close to home. George H.W. Bush lives part of the year in Houston while George W. Bush, a former Texas governor, lives in Dallas. 
 
 Organizers said a special restricted account had been established through the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library Foundation to collect and quickly distribute donations. Officials said "100 cents out of every dollar" donated will help hurricane victims. All donations are tax-deductible. 
 
 The effort was being launched with a public service announcement broadcast on NBC during the Thursday night kickoff of the NFL season. 
 
 Donations designated to help victims of Harvey will be distributed to the Houston Harvey Relief Fund and the Rebuild Texas Fund. The appeal is expected to be expanded to help those affected by Irma, which could strike south Florida and the state's Atlantic Coast and then move up into Georgia and South Carolina. 
 
 Harvey has caused widespread flooding in Houston and elsewhere and has been blamed for at least 71 deaths, while damaging more than 200,000 homes. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has suggested that Harvey's damages could cost up to $180 billion, even more than from Hurricane Katrina in 2005. 
 
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 This story has been corrected to show the dates for the Asia tsunami as 2004, not 2005, and Katrina as 2005, not 2006.
– President Trump is telling Americans to follow the advice of government and law enforcement officials and get out of the path of Hurricane Irma, which could hit Florida late Saturday or early Sunday before making its way to Georgia. "Nothing is more important than the safety and security of our people," Trump said in a video posted to Twitter Friday. In a tweet, Trump added that Irma is a storm "of epic proportion, perhaps bigger than we have ever seen. Be safe and get out of its way, if possible." Meanwhile, the president's own Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach is under an evacuation order, per the Miami Herald. Earlier, Trump tweeted his support for the One America Appeal campaign that will see 100% of money raised go toward recovery efforts in the aftermath of Irma and superstorm Harvey in Texas and Louisiana. The campaign was announced by former presidents Barack Obama, George W Bush, Bill Clinton, George HW Bush, and Jimmy Carter and represents their first philanthropic collaboration since Trump's election, reports the AP. "I'm proud to stand with Presidents for #OneAmericaAppeal," Trump said. "We will confront ANY challenge, no matter how strong the winds or high the water."