Hurricane Irma is currently tearing through the Bahamas, and is located about 55 miles northwest of Great Antigua Island and about 495 miles southeast of Miami, Florida.
The storm has weakened slightly and now has maximum sustained winds of 155mph, making it a category 4 hurricane.
The Turks and the Caicos are the latest islands to be hit by Irma, but the extent of the damage is not yet clear.
Haiti was spared the worst of Irma, although there are reports of damaged buildings and felled trees.
High winds and a 20 foot storm surge left the French part of St Martin “95 per cent destroyed", an official has said.
Barbuda has been left in ruins, with around 60 per cent of the island’s 1,400 citizens now homeless.
“Barbuda now is literally rubble," said Prime Minister Gaston Browne.
When will Hurricane Irma hit Florida?
Irma will move between northern Cuba and the Bahamas today, and will reach Florida by Sunday morning.
The NOAA now says that landfall is "likely" and warn that deadly storm surges will see water levels reach 5 to 10 feet in parts.
Its latest advisory reads: "The combination of a dangerous storm surge and the tide will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by rising waters moving inland from the shoreline."
The water is expected to reach the following ground if the peak surge occurs at the time of high tide:
Jupiter Inlet to Bonita Beach, including Florida Keys – 5 to 10 ft
Bonita Beach to Venice – 3 to 5 ft
Jupiter Inlet to Sebastian Inlet – 3 to 6 ft
There is a Hurricane Warning is in effect for:
Jupiter Inlet southward around the Florida peninsula to Bonita Beach
Florida Keys
Lake Okeechobee
Florida Bay
Haiti from the northern border with the Dominican Republic to Le Mole St. Nicholas
Southeastern Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands
Cuban provinces of Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Sancti Spiritus, and Villa Clara
Central Bahamas
Northwestern Bahamas
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