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Local September 5, 2017 | 6:55 pm

National Hurricane Center: Irma ‘potentially catastrophic’

Miami.-  Category 5 Hurricane Irma gained strength with maximum sustained winds now at 180 miles per hour (285 kph) as it approaches Puerto Rico, the National Hurricane Center (CNH) reported Tues. The "potentially catastrophic" storm, the fourth in the Atlantic hurricane season, is 230 miles (370 km) east of the Lesser Antilles). In a bulletin at 11am local time (15.00 GMT), the CNH indicat... Read more