Hurricane Irma upgraded AGAIN to Category 3. Hurricane Irma has been upgraded for the second time Thursday and is now at Category 3 strength as it continues its voyage westward over the Atlantic Ocean. Its winds are now blowing at a sustained 1. Pix. 11 reported. 'Irma is forecast to become a major hurricane by tonight and is expected to be an extremely dangerous hurricane for the next several days,' warned National Weather Service forecaster Eric Blake. It was already upgraded from tropical storm to Category 2 hurricane on Thursday, and wasn't expected to reach Category 3 until Friday. Click the button below to add the 587 in 1 DS Game card for 3DS DSi DS to your wish list. Get the latest news on celebrity scandals, engagements, and divorces! Check out our breaking stories on Hollywood?s hottest stars! Designer Fashion at Bluefly.com. Free shipping on Designer Fashion with orders of $150 or more and free returns when you refund your purchase for store credit. 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Scroll down for video Hurricane Irma is rated at Category 2, with maximum wind speeds of 1. Category 4 level by Tuesday. It will take Hurricane Irma a week to cross the Atlantic - at which point it could either head north- west toward the Carolinas, or west and strike Puerto Rice and its neighbors. Hurricanes are ranked on a sliding scale from 1 - the weakest - to 5. A Category 2 hurricane has wind speeds of 9. Irma is currently rated at Category 3, with sustained winds of 1. It is located about 1,8. Leeward Islands and is moving toward land at around 1. And while the hurricane will take at least a week to cross the Atlantic on its trek westwards, it will increase in speed and danger as it does so. It's expected to grow into a Category 4 hurricane - with wind speeds of 1. Tuesday. 'Irma is likely to become a major hurricane well before it reaches the Lesser Antilles [islands],' said Accu. Weather Hurricane Expert Dan Kottlowski. They are located around 2. Puerto Rico. THE HURRICANE CATEGORY SCALEAs storms pick up wind speeds, they increase from tropical depressions to hurricanes. In increasing order, the categories are: Tropical depression: around 3. Tropical storm: 3. Category 1: 7. 4- 9. Category 2: 9. 6- 1. Category 3: 1. 11- 1. Category 4: 1. 30- 1. Category 5: 1. 57mph and over'All interests in the eastern Caribbean will need to monitor the progress of this evolving and likely dangerous tropical cyclone.' At this point the hurricane has two likely paths. One would take it north- west in a curve toward North and South Carolina. If that happens, landfall is expected on Sunday September 1. The other path would see it striking Puerto Rico and the Hispaniola Island countries of the Dominican Republic and Haiti much sooner.'The American models take it to the Carolinas,' News 6 meterologist Troy Bridges told Click Orlando.'The European models have it going to Cuba and possibly threatening South Florida. It's just too early to tell.' Accu. Weather meteorologist Brian Thompson said that 'Steering winds will guide Irma close to the Leeward Islands and then perhaps Puerto Rico and Hispaniola around the middle of next week.'At the very least, there will be an increase in surf in the northeastern Caribbean early next week.'Irma is now the ninth named storm this busy hurricane season. Irma still has some way to travel before it makes landfall and is currently moving westward at 1. If its path does take it to the Carolinas, it's likely to hit land on Sunday September 1. As well as marking the day when Irma could hit the Carolinas, September 1. On average 3. 5 percent of storms occur during that month. The storms also become more potent, thanks to warmer waters in the Atlantic, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration forecasters said the Atlantic Ocean's 2. In Houston, Texas, residents are beginning the grim search for bodies and survivors, as floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey continue to recede. The official death toll across the entire Gulf Coast region is currently 3. This map shows how far Hurricane Irma could move as the days pass; the cone shows its possible path, but not the size. It's expected to reach Category 4 on Tuesday. Corpses were seeing floating in the wayer on Wednesday and many more are feared to be inside homes which have been inaccessible until now. Houston Fire Department Chief Terry Garrison said their mission had gone from rescue to recovery, and firefighters were now going 'block to block, door to door' to recover the bodies of the dead. Texas Governor Greg Abbott warned residents that it will take months for the state to recover from its devastating floods.'The worst is not yet over as far as the rain goes for southeast Texas. There's more to come,' he said at a press conference on Wednesday where he described the catastrophe as being 'far larger' than Katrina or Sandy. In what experts are describing as the worst natural disaster in US history, more than 3. In one area of Houston alone there were another 1. Wednesday. The cost of the damage, which includes 5. The Texas Department of Safety revealed on Wednesday that 4. As flood from Harvey waters receded in Houston Thursday, search parties were sent out to look for survivors - and bodies. The death count is now 3.
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