Hurricane Maria has stepped up to an "extremely dangerous" hurricane because it is heading for the Caribbean's leeward Islands, the US weather forecaster says.
Maria is roughly along the same path as Hurricane Emma this month. Puerto Rico, St. Martin, St. Bartz, Saba, St. Eustheus and Anguilla are concerned about hurricane trends. Guadeloupe, Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Montserrat, Martinique, Saint Lucia and the United States and the British Virgin Islands issued a hurricane warning.
Some of the islands were previously attacked by Hurricane Emma, killing at least 37 people, causing billions of dollars in losses. Is still under construction.
Maria first attacked the leeward islands including Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua and Barbuda were removed from the island after Hurricane Emma was destroyed. Preparations for Puerto Rico have also begun, and Maria is expected to bring strong winds on Tuesday.
Earlier this month, Hurricane Emma destroyed more than two-thirds of houses in the island of Saint-Martin, the French Saint-Martin, and the Emma hurricane caused about 1.2 billion euros ($ 1.44 billion; £ 1.1 billion) The loss of St. Martin and the nearby St. Barth has nine people dead. In the British Virgin Islands, the whole community is flat.
After the last Arima hurricane, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson visited the site and described the damage as "the horrors you saw in the images of the First World War." Viking officials asked the crowd to pay attention to Hurricane Maria.