Hurricane Irma, the most powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane in recorded history, slammed into the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico today. A member of the Emergency Operations Committee monitors the trajectory of Hurricane Irma in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on Wednesday. According to the U.S. National Hurricane Center, "Irma is forecast to remain within favourable atmospheric conditions and over warm waters during the next three to four days. Therefore, Irma is likely to remain a very powerful hurricane during this time." "And that will kill the hurricane," Folkins says.

Source: CBC News September 06, 2017 20:03 UTC