Jose, Maria, and Lee: Where are they heading?
September 17th, 2017
Maria is about 590 miles east-southeast of the Lesser Antilles and is packing maximum sustained winds of 50 mph. The storm is moving toward the Caribbean at 19 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. It is expected to gain strength through the weekend and become a hurricane by late Monday, forecasters said.
Meanwhile, Hurricane Jose was about 475 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, on Saturday evening, according to the hurricane center.
The category 1 storm could bring rain and wind to the northeastern United States later this week.
A third storm, Tropical Storm Lee, formed earlier Saturday in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.
Lee is spinning about 720 miles west-southwest of Cape Verde off northwest Africa, according to the hurricane center
