12 September, 2017
It's the first time since 2010 that three active hurricanes have been in the Atlantic, according to CNN weather.
Farther out in the Atlantic, Hurricane Jose has nearly hit Category 5 strength, with tops winds of 155 miles per hour.
Check out KITV's Hurricane Irma section. Hurricane Irma - at Category Five, the highest level on the Saffir-Simpson scale - battered a string of Caribbean islands on Wednesday and appears to be on a collision course with southern Florida.
Like Irma, Jose is a Cape Verde hurricane, a type of storm that forms in the far eastern Atlantic, near the Cape Verde Islands (now known as Cabo Verde). Jose's projected path is expected to come close to striking Barbuda this weekend.
Katia was initially measured as a Category 1 storm with 75 miles per hour winds - far less powerful than Irma, which is quickly approaching Florida, and Jose which remains farther out in the Atlantic Ocean. Hurricane watches were issued on Thursday for the area. Prime Minister Gaston Browne said it's possible a mandatory evacuation may be ordered by Friday.
It may also hit the land around the same time as the expected landfall of Hurricane Irma in southern Florida, while another weather disturbance called Hurricane Jose which is now situated around 1,000 miles to the east is also expected to hit the same Caribbean islands that Irma plowed through this week. Storms of Category 3 and above are defined as major hurricanes.
Katia is expected to stick close to Mexico.
