Hurricane Irma HITS Barbuda - no contact for 3hours, sea rises 2m -St Kitts & Antigua next
Hurricane Irma has smashed into the Caribbean island of Barbuda in the storm path's first landfall as models reveal the "strongest Atlantic hurricane ever" is set to hit St Kitts, Nevis and Antigua next.

The National Hurricane Centre said Irma was maintaining category five strength with sustained winds near 185 mph (295 kph).
With millions of people already expected to be affected by Hurricane Irma, the US National Hurricane Centre has just issued a warning about tropical storm Jose - which is following Irma’s path and is expected to turn into a hurricane by this evening.
Jose is forecast to hit the Caribbean islands currently being lashed by Irma at the weekend, meaning relief efforts could be thwarted as the region is bombarded with catastrophic weather.

The storm is expected to move slowly across the Caribbean over the next few days before hitting Florida at the weekend.
The US mainland has already been devastated by Hurricane Harvey in recent days, with the government forced to set aside millions to repair the damage.

so bad news

let's pray for people over there to be safe

My thoughts and prayers are with those affected by all the natural disasters
happening,hurricanes and wild fires happening so often now.

I pray for the deceased ; all these have arisen due to ill effects of nature that man only has created.if steps are not taken to protect nature the fury will increase much . development is not in creating mansions and concrete buildings it should be based on culture and heritage , let's follow our tradition and save nature. it is really a warning of nature that such hurricanes and floods are increasing year by year. Plant more trees and reduce concrete buildings so that temperature of the earth is optimum

The governor of Florida warned residents that the approaching hurricane Irma could be more powerful than the strongest storm ever to hit the southern state.

"The storm is bigger, faster and stronger than hurricane Andrew," Governor Rick Scott said, pointing to a storm that devastated the state 25 years ago in August 1992. That storm was the largest to hit the state and the costliest in US history until hurricane Katrina struck in 2005.