Irma strengthens into Category 3 hurricane over Atlantic
Irma Rapidly Intensifies Into 115 MPH Category 3 Atlantic Hurricane (Weather Channel)
Aug 31 — Hurricane Irma on Thursday strengthened into a Category 3 hurricane over the eastern Atlantic and was headed towards the Caribbean, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory.
The hurricane was about 720 miles west of the Cabo Verde islands, packing maximum sustained winds of 115 miles per hour, the Miami-based weather forecaster said.
NHC forecast models were showing it heading for the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and neighboring Haiti with possible landfall by the middle of next week.
