12 September, 2017
At 7 a.m. CDT (8 a.m. EDT/1200 UTC) on September 8 the center of Hurricane Katia was located near 21.1 degrees north latitude and 95.6 degrees west longitude.
It's the third major hurricane of the 2017 Atlantic season, the hurricane center says.
So it's been seven years since it last happened, when hurricanes Igor, Julia and Karl appeared simultaneously in the Atlantic in 2010.
After Hurricane Harvey's damage's estimated approaching the 100 billion dollar range, Irma has the potential to match or exceed those estimates.
Hurricane Irma is proving so unsafe because of its size and intensity.
With all eyes fixed on the Atlantic basin, the greatest concern still lies with Irma.
Warmer sea surface temperatures, a virtually non-existent El Nino and a lack of high altitude winds which normally helps to slow storms in their path has led to the increase in hurricanes.
The storm is expected to make landfall in Mexico's southeast coast late Friday or early Saturday. In a worst case scenario, Miami would take a direct hit. Near the coast, the surge will be accompanied by large and destructive waves.
The most exposed islands to Jose will be Barbuda, Saint-Martin, Sint Maarten & Anguilla.
To the east, Katia spins in the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to strengthen as it begins moving toward the coast.
Projected path of hurricane Katia.
As of 10pm Thursday, Hurricane Watches and Tropical Storm Warnings were issued for Antigua and Barbuda, while Tropical Storm Watches are in effect for Anguilla, Montserrat, St Kitt, Nevis, Saba and St. Eustatius.
Katia was downgraded to a tropical storm from a hurricane when it was about 115 miles (185 km) northwest of Veracruz with sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/h), the centre said in an advisory. Katia is now a Category 1 storm that's also expected to gain strength in the coming days.
The storm originally made landfall just north of Tecolutla, Mexico Friday night as a Category 1 hurricane with 75 miles per hour winds.