Hurricane Irma Passes Over Barbuda, Heads Toward Puerto Rico

by ALEX JOHNSON
The most powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane in recorded history slammed into the easternmost islands of the Caribbean early Wednesday, churning along a path pointing to Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Haiti before possibly heading for Florida this weekend. 
The eye of Hurricane Irma passed over the island of Barbuda just before 2 a.m. ET, the National Weather Service said, causing widespread flooding. By 8 a.m. ET, the storm was hitting the island nation of Anguilla, as well as the French islands of Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy.

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  • Irma, a Category 5 storm, made its first landfall in the Caribbean early Wednesday.
  • The storm has maximum sustained winds of 185 mph, putting it near the highest on record.
  • President Donald Trump declared emergencies in Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, while authorities in the Bahamas said they would evacuate six southern islands.
  • Irma's path couldn't be precisely predicted, forecasters stressed. It is expected to pass near Puerto Rico sometime Wednesday, then move toward the Florida coast over the weekend. Southeast Florida could be in the eye of the storm by Sunday morning.
Irma's sustained winds of 185 mph inched toward the highest on record: the 190-mph pummeling that Hurricane Allen gave the Caribbean, northern Mexico and southern Texas in 1980. 

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