12 September, 2017
"We went from hurricanes being a non-issue to hurricanes being a daily event".
A hurricane warning is now in effect for Barbuda, Anguilla, Sint Maarten, St. Martin and St. Barthelemy.
A Hurricane Warning is in effect for.
June 20, 2017 - Tropical Storm Cindy forms in the Gulf of Mexico, about 265 miles south of Morgan City, Louisiana.
These warm ocean waters help to feed and grow tropical storms and hurricanes. Preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion. The storm is expected to strengthen during the next 48 hours.
Barbuda, home to about 1,600 people, was "so badly damaged that there is no communication" from the island, said Keithley Meade, director of a meteorological office in Antigua and Barbuda. It's unclear if the United States will see any impact from the storm.
Hurricane Jose continues to strengthen, moving west-northwest at around 17 miles per hour. A turn toward the northwest with a decrease in forward speed is forecast tonight through the weekend. Jose is to move farther from these islands into the northern Atlantic. Irma is a category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Some fluctuation in intensity, up or down, could occur during the next day or so. Its maximum sustained winds of 185 miles per hour were well above the 157 miles per hour threshold of a Category 5 storm. The estimated minimum central pressure is 925mb (27.32 inches).
Hurricane force winds: Hurricane force winds weaken the farther you move away from the eye. Hurricane conditions are also possible within the hurricane watch area on Saturday.
By Saturday afternoon, the hurricane is expected to be downgraded to a tropical storm.
Irma, a fearsome Category 5 storm, cut a path of devastation across the northern Caribbean, leaving at least 5 dead and thousands homeless after destroying buildings and uprooting trees on a track Thursday that could lead to a catastrophic strike on Florida. By Friday, the government said it had brought all 1,800 or so of its residents to its sister island to weather the impending storm.
Two people died in a mudslide in Mexico sparked by storm Katia, and thousands were left without power as the weather front dissipated inland on Saturday, threatening to dump rains in waterlogged areas also shaken by a major quake this week.
SURF: Swells generated by Jose are affecting portions of the Leeward Islands.
