Hurricane Irma batters Caribbean as Florida braces for weekend landfall

NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite captured this night-time image of Hurricane Irma over the Leeward Islands on Sept. 6 at 1:35 a.m. EDT (0535 UTC). Image source: NASA

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Monster Hurricane Irma slammed across islands in the northern Caribbean on Wednesday, packing a potentially catastrophic mix of pounding winds, raging surf and rain…

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