Story highlights Tropical storm warning in effect for some Caribbean islands hit by Irma this weekRain "may cause additional life-threatening flooding," hurricane center says(CNN) Hurricane Jose's powerful center was passing north of a string of already storm-damaged Caribbean islands Saturday afternoon, the National Hurricane Center said, whipping some of them with tropical storm-force winds and rain that could exacerbate flooding there. Jose, a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph, was about 95 miles east-northeast of the northern Leeward Islands around 2 p.m. That means tropical storm strength winds for islands such as Barbuda, Anguilla, and St. Martin, but nothing like the force delivered by deadly Hurricane Irma, which battered those islands just days ago. Still, the islands could get 2 to 6 inches of rain, which "may cause additional life-threatening flooding," the hurricane center said. Tropical storm warnings were in effect Saturday afternoon for Barbuda, Anguilla, St. Martin and St. Barts.

Source: CNN September 09, 2017 13:38 UTC