05-09-2017 10:31 via baltimore.cbslocal.com

Powerful Category 4 Hurricane Irma Aims At Caribbean Islands

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Officials across the northeastern Caribbean canceled airline flights, shuttered schools and urged people to hunker down indoors as Hurricane Irma barreled toward the region as a powerful Category 4 storm expected to strengthen more before nearing land late Tuesday.
“The storm is building strength,” says Bob Turk.
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