Maria was about 275 miles (445km) east-southeast of the Leeward island of Dominica with maximum sustained winds of 75mph (100km/h) at 4pm (8pm GMT), the US National Hurricane Center said. The storm is moving west-northwest at about 15mph (24km/h) and is expected to cross the Leeward Islands on Monday night, the NHC said. A tropical storm warning was in effect for Antigua and Barbuda, St Lucia and Martinique. That powerful category 4 storm killed at least 84 people, more than half of them in the Caribbean. The eye of Jose, with top sustained winds of 90 miles (150 km) per hour, should remain off the US east coast, the NHC said.

Source: The Guardian September 18, 2017 00:11 UTC