Hurricane Irma batters Caribbean, Florida braces for landfall

Published on 7 Sep 2017 11:00:28 AM

Monster Hurricane Irma slammed across islands in the northern Caribbean on Wednesday, packing a potentially catastrophic mix of pounding winds, raging surf and rain en route to a possible Florida landfall this weekend. Irma is expected to become the second powerful storm to thrash the U.S. mainland in a matter of weeks.