Hurricane Irma is a ‘potentially catastrophic’ Category 5 storm

(CNN) – Category 5 Hurricane Irma has become one of the strongest storms recorded in the Atlantic, and is threatening to slam into Caribbean islands including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands with “potentially catastrophic” force on Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center said.It’s too early to tell how and whether the storm will affect the US mainland, but current forecast tracks show it could turn toward Florida over the weekend.Irma was churning west Tuesday a