"Irma is forecast to restrengthen once it moves away from Cuba and remain a powerful hurricane as it approaches Florida" early Sunday, it added. Terrified Cubans who rode out Irma in coastal towns reported "deafening" winds, uprooted trees and power lines, and blown rooftops. But Irma is so wide that authorities were bracing for destructive storm surges on both coasts and the Keys, the chain of low-lying islands that stretch south of Miami toward Cuba. Though designed to withstand hurricane winds, city officials are warning people to stay away from them. Jose, a powerful Category Four storm, was heading toward the same string of Caribbean islands Irma has pummeled in recent days.

Source: The Nation Bangkok September 09, 2017 21:45 UTC