Hurricane Maria getting stronger as it nears the eastern Caribbean - CBC NewsA strengthening Hurricane Maria swirled toward the eastern Caribbean islands Monday, with forecasters warning it would be a major storm by the time it passed through the already battered Leeward Islands later in the day.
Maria grew into a hurricane Sunday, and forecasters said it was expected to become much stronger over the next 48 hours following a path that would take it near many of the islands wrecked by Hurricane Irma and on to Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
By 11 a.m. Monday morning, Maria was a Category 3 hurricane centred about 150 kilometres east of Martinique with top sustained winds of 195 km/h. It is moving west-northwest at 17 km/h, the National Hurricane Center said.
I keep thinking, "How do you solve a problem like Maria?"