Hurricane Jose: storm 'almost category five' as it follows Irma's destructive path
Hurricane Jose has moved closer to category five strength, with tops winds of 155 mph (250kmh) as it heads towards the eastern Caribbean islands ravaged by Hurricane Irma.
Jose was about 265 miles (430km) east-southeast of the northern Leeward Islands early on Saturday and is forecast to hit the outlying Caribbean islands later in the day.
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The US national hurricane centre saidthat “air force hurricane hunters find Jose even stronger ... almost a category 5 hurricane”.
It issued hurricane warnings for the eastern Caribbean islands of Barbuda and Anguilla, Sint Maarten, St Martin and St Barthelemy. A hurricane watch was in effect for Antigua, while tropical storm watch was is in effect for Montserrat, St Kitts, and Nevis, British Virgin Islands, and St Thomas and St John.
In the Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Katia was making landfall north of Tecolutla, Mexico early on Saturday. Katia was still rated a category one hurricane with winds of 75 mph (120kmh). Forecasters expected the hurricane to weaken quickly over the next 24 hours.
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