Hurricane Jose is now a Category 3 storm, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) stated on Thursday, Sept. 7---just a day after the storm was upgraded to a hurricane.
The NHC reports Jose is threatening some of the same islands that were slammed by Hurricane Irma.
Currently, it’s about 600 miles east of the Lesser Antilles---a group of islands, which includes the Virgin Islands, St. Martin (which was devastated during Irma), Barbuda (totally destroyed), and St. Barts (also damaged).
Jose is now moving west-northwest at 18 mph. It has maximum sustained winds of 120 mph.
A hurricane watch is in effect for Antigua and Barbuda, Jose could approach those islands by Saturday.
Jose is slated to bring a total of two to six inches of rain to the Leeward Islands--from Dominica to Anguilla. Those rains could cause ongoing flooding, according to the NHC.
