"Potentially Catastrophic"

(CNN)As Floridians cleared supermarkets of bottled water and emptied gas pumps, people in the northeastern Caribbean were making last minute-preparations before powerful Hurricane Irma hit their islands.

Late Tuesday, the massive Category 5 storm was almost upon islands like Antigua and Barbuda with near-record 185 mph sustained winds.

The US National Hurricane Center said the extremely dangerous core of Irma would hit the northern Leeward Islands -- which includes Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, and Anguilla -- Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.

It's too early to tell whether the storm will make landfall on the US mainland, but forecasts show it could turn toward Florida over the weekend.
 http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/05/us/hurricane-irma-puerto-rico-florida/index.html