Hurricane Irma – the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century – has churned across northern Caribbean islands with Category five winds and rains.
The National Weather Service has urged any storm preparations in the US and British Virgin Islands to “be rushed to completion”.
Hurricane Irma’s mix of ferocious winds, surf and rain are now headed towards Florida landfall this weekend.
Irma is expected to become the second powerful storm to thrash the United States mainland in as many weeks after devastating Hurricane Harvey.
The eye of Hurricane Irma packs winds of 185 miles per hour (295 km per hour) and has already passed over the island of Barbuda, east of Puerto Rico.
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The amount of damage and the number of casualties are still not known.
A 75-year-old man died while preparing for the storm in Puerto Rico’s central mountains, police have confirmed.
The latest forecast reveals Irma is due to move over the Straits of Florida, before nearing the Florida coast by 7am CDT on Sunday (September 10).
Following fears around the effects of the storm, US President Donald Trump has signed emergency declarations for Florida, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
There are a number of ways to track the progress of this devastating hurricane.
Express.co.uk has all the latest on the path of the storm through the Caribbean and towards Florida.
New York Public Radio WNYC is mapping the latest path for the Hurricane on a live map, which can be seen below.
There is a dropdown menu in the widget that lets users choose which weather system to track – Hurricane Irma, Tropical Storm Jose, Tropical Storm Katia.
Users can also see the previous locations of the storm, as well as the latest forecast.
Professional storm chaser Jeff Piotrowski is also hot on the heels of Hurricane Irma.
The storm chaser caused a stir online when he streamed Hurricane Harvey live from Rockport, Texas last week.
Piotrowski has shared a number of updates about Irma already.
The storm chaser is likely to broadcast from his Periscope page, which can be found here.
Those who are worried about Hurricane Irma’s progress can use a number of smartphone apps to keep up-to-date with the storm.
Hurricane by American Red Cross is a fully-featured app that lets users track the path of a hurricane with an interactive map.
It has a number of customisable alerts and lets users monitor hurricane, flood and tornado-related weather near you or loved-ones with various map layers and location-based notifications for the US and its territories.
There’s a nifty feature that quickly lets family and friends know you’re okay, thanks to the customisable “I’m Safe” alert for Facebook, Twitter, email and text.
The app, which is available on Android and iOS, includes step-by-step instructions let you know what to do even before, during and after the storm – even if you have lost mobile data and Wi-Fi.
Another option is Weather Underground, which is also available in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
This differs slightly because it sources data from more than 250,000 personal weather stations report the most localised weather conditions.
According to the developers, this crowd-sourced data fills in the gaps between airport weather stations that other weather services typically relied upon to generate forecasts.
Users can also report hazardous road conditions, which could be extremely helpful in the aftermath of a storm.
Weather Underground’s app listing says, “If you see something different you can report the conditions you’re experiencing for the benefit of other app users.”