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Just days after Hurricane Harvey devastated parts of Texas and Louisiana, another storm, Hurricane Irma, has strengthened over the Atlantic Ocean, threatening to batter the Caribbean this week as “an extremely dangerous” Category 5 storm, the National Weather Service said on Tuesday.

Irma is expected to retain Category 4 or 5 status for days as it makes its way through the Caribbean, probably hitting the islands of Barbuda and Antigua first, as soon as Tuesday night. Florida, where some residents and tourists are already being forced to evacuate, is also increasingly likely to feel Irma’s effects later this week and during the weekend, though the storm’s potential impact is not yet clear.

“It is too early to determine what direct impacts Irma might have on the continental United States,” the National Weather Service said on Tuesday. But, it added, “everyone in hurricane-prone areas should ensure that they have their hurricane plan in place.”

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 Hurricane Irma grew into a Category 5 storm as it headed west toward the Caribbean Islands. It could make landfall in the northern Leeward Islands as early as Tuesday night. NASA

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Hurricane Irma, Now a Category 5 Storm, Threatens the Caribbean and Florida

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