12 September, 2017
A direct hit by Hurricane Jose would severely hamper relief efforts in these locations at a time when humanitarian needs are highest, after many homes and businesses were destroyed by Hurricane Irma, which was the most intense storm ever to make landfall in the northern Leewards.
Hurricane Jose is in the open Atlantic, some 815 miles (1,310 km) east of the Caribbean's Lesser Antilles islands.
On Friday, Jose is expected to become a major hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center.
According to the latest update from the National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Katia now has maximum sustained winds near 90 miles per hour, and some additional strengthening is forecast over the next day.
The storm was to stall near the Sierra Madre Mountains, the center said.
The coast isn't exactly clear yet.
The government of Mexico issued a hurricane warning for the coast of Mexico from Cabo Rojo to Laguna Verde and a tropical storm warning for Cabo Rojo north to Rio Panuco and south of Laguna Verde to Puerto Veracruz. And Jose could produce up to an inch of additional rainfall on the island of Anguilla throughout the evening, which "will maintain any ongoing flooding", the hurricane center said. Prime Minister Gaston Browne said it's possible a mandatory evacuation may be ordered Friday. Some were newly homeless, while others feared further aftershocks could topple their cracked adobe dwellings. Hurricane Katia in the Gulf of Mexico is stationary about 190 miles (310 kilometers) north-northeast of Veracruz and forecasters didn't expect much movement overnight.
Katia's remnants led to a mudslide that killed two people Saturday in Xalapa, a city in the Mexican coastal sate of Veracruz, Gov. Miguel Angel Yunes said. It was expected to gain some strength but the effects of Irma were seen eventually weakening that storm.
