Hurricane Jose 2017 tracker – latest path, where is it now, what category is it and how does it compare to Irma?
HURRICANE Jose was classed as a Category 4 storm and described as "extremely dangerous" as it followed in the path of the ruinous Irma.
It hurtled through the Caribbean been moving with sustained winds of close to 150mph – here's the latest on the hurricane.
What is Hurricane Jose and where is its path?
Jose is the 10th Atlantic storm named so far this year, following on from Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma.
Weather forecasters have been tracking the storm as it brewed over the open ocean and moves towards land.
On Monday, September 11, Hurricane Jose was 85 miles north of the northern Leeward Islands with maximum sustained winds of 145mph.
It was downgraded to a Category 3 storm.
But the next day the National Hurricane Center downgraded it to a Category 1 storm as it moved to about 435miles north east of the Turks and Caicos Islands, which are British overseas territories.
Travel to and from St. Martin and St. Bart was halted on the previous Saturday with Jose closing in, while hurricane warnings put in place for Barbuda and Anguilla.
However, the hurricane spared the storm-hit Caribbean islands, which had already suffered at the hands of Irma.
How does it compare to Hurricane Irma?
Hurricane Irma, which was ranked at the maximum Category 5, is the most powerful storm ever recorded in the Atlantic.
The monster weather system is the size of France and battered the Caribbean islands over several days, wreaking devastation with winds of 185mph and leaving at least 25 people dead.
Its outer bands began buffetting the coast of Florida on the morning of September 9, before the eye of the storm wrought devastation in the state the following day.
Irma came less than a fortnight after Hurricane Harvey caused devastating flooding in Texas.
And the 11th storm of the season, Hurricane Katia, hit the coast of Mexico late on Friday night – although it was soon downgraded to tropical storm status.
Forecasters said last month the Atlantic hurricane season would be "above-normal," with 14 to 19 named storms ahead of the peak season.
An average Atlantic hurricane season - which runs from June 1 to November 30 - produces 12 named storms, of which six become hurricanes and three major hurricanes.