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Hurricane Irma, fresh on the heels of Hurricane Harvey, strengthened early Tuesday into a Category 5 storm with maximum winds of 175 miles per hour.<\/p>

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American Airlines announced late Monday that it had cancelled several flights on Tuesday between Miami and the Caribbean destinations.<\/p>\n

The center of Irma was about 410 miles east of the Leeward Islands as of late Monday and was expected to pass over them Tuesday night or early Wednesday. The storm is moving west at about 14 miles per hour.<\/p>

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Hurricane Irma, which surfaced as a tropical storm off Africa shortly after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas last month, has intensified in recent days, gaining strength from the Caribbean\u2019s warmer waters.<\/p>

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The latest forecasts indicate Irma could hit Puerto Rico and then the northern half of the Dominican Republic, before rolling toward Cuba at the end of the week. The storm\u2019s path over the weekend is less clear. It could move toward Florida and make landfall near Miami, or it could veer south of Cuba.<\/p>\n

A hurricane warning has been issued for Caribbean islands including Anguilla, St. Kitts and Nevis and St. Barts. The British and United States Virgin Islands are also under a hurricane warning. The storm could drop up to 10 inches of rain over parts of the Caribbean and cause dangerous flooding and landslides.<\/p>

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