"Hurricane Irma: Category 5 Storm Makes Landfall in the Caribbean"

"Hurricane Irma, packing winds of 185 m.p.h., made landfall in Barbuda, an island of about 2,000 people, around 2 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center said.

Around 5 a.m., the eye was moving away from Barbuda toward St. Martin, the center said.

The Category 5 storm was churning toward Puerto Rico and threatening havoc and widespread destruction in several nearby islands, including St. Kitts and Nevis; the Virgin Islands, and Hispaniola, shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Cuba is also threatened by the hurricane."

The New York Times had the story September 6, 2017.

SEE ALSO:

"Miami-Dade Planning First Major Evacuation In 12 Years Ahead Of Hurricane Irma" (Miami Herald)

"Florida Officials Begin Ordering Evacuations As Hurricane Irma Intensifies To A Category 5 Storm" (Washington Post)

"Catastrophic Hurricane Irma — Now A Category 5 — Is On A Collision Course With Florida" (Washington Post)

"‘May God Protect Us All’: Puerto Rico And Tiny Islands In Irma’S Path Fear For The Worst" (Washington Post)