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The Latest: Hurricane Irma now Cat 4 heading for Caribbean

The Latest: Hurricane Irma now Cat 4 heading for Caribbean | iNFOnews.ca
This enhanced satellite image made available by the NOAA GOES Project shows Irma, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017 at 1:45 p.m. In the wake of Harvey, meteorologists are already looking warily at another system: Hurricane Irma, which intensified from a tropical storm to a major hurricane in just 30 hours, is steadily moving west across the Atlantic. It’s still several days away from the nearest land just south of Puerto Rico. (NASA/NOAA via AP)

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The latest on Hurricane Irma, which is heading for islands at the eastern entrance to the Caribbean (all times local):

4 p.m.

Hurricane Irma has strengthened into a Category 4 storm as it approaches the northeast Caribbean.

The storm’s centre is 490 miles (790 kilometres) east of the Leeward Islands late Monday afternoon. It has maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 kph) and is moving west at 13 mph (20 kph).

Emergency officials are warning that Irma could dump up to 10 inches (25 centimetres) of rain, unleash landslides and dangerous flash floods and generate waves of up to 23 feet (7 metres) as the storm draws closer.

A hurricane warning has been issued for Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Martin, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Maarten and St. Barts. A hurricane watch is in effect for Puerto Rico, Vieques, Culebra, the British and U.S. Virgin islands and Guadeloupe.

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