The Jerry storm has strengthen to a Category 2 hurricane on Friday. The category 2 hurricane was packing sustained winds of 105 mph in the Atlantic. The storm is heading in the direction of the Northern Leeward Islands. The hurricane could possibly pass near Bermuda in a few days. Jerry, which was churning 290 miles east of the northern portion of the Leeward Islands early Friday, is expected to weaken throughout the day but will still remain a hurricane over the next couple of days. Its hurricane-force winds extended up to 25 miles while tropical storm-force winds could be felt 80 miles from the storm's center. Tropical storm watches are in effect for the islands of St. Maarten, St. Martin, St. Barthelemy, Saba and St. Eustatius. Jerry the 10th named storm of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season will dump up to three inches of rain from Barbuda northwest across St. Maarten, Anguilla, and Anegada, the hurricane center said. It will drop up to 2 inches of rain across the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
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