Hurricane Earl's Impacts Beginning

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Tropical storm force winds from Hurricane Earl are beginning to impact some islands in the Lesser Antilles. The 85 MPH storm is expected to strengthen over the next few days as it batters numerous Caribbean islands and makes its way dangerously close the East Coast of the United States.

Hurricane Warnings and Watches are in effect for most of the northern Lesser Antilles, including Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. On its current path, Earl will make landfall on St. Martin and Anguilla tomorrow morning or afternoon, then continue westward and batter Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.

Here is a radar image from METEOFrance, captured around 7 PM CST:

Here is a satellite image of Earl from around 615PM CST. 

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Hurricane Earl on Radar

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Hurricane Earl is churning in the Atlantic and poses the first real threat of the year to the East Coast of the United States.

A HURRICANE WARNING is in effect for Antigua, Barbuda, Montserrat, St. Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla, St. Martin, St. Barthelemy, St. Maarten, Saba, and St. Eustatius.

A HURRICANE WATCH is in effect for the British Virgin Islands, the US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Culebra and Vieques.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING is in effect for the British Virgin Islands, the US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Culebra and Vieques.

The storm has 75MPH winds and is expected to steadily strengthen throughout the week into a Category 3 hurricane by Friday. The National Hurricane Center expects the system to be just off the East Coast by the end of the week. Anyone in North Carolina through Massachusetts needs to be on alert and track this system closely.

Here is the current projected path of Earl, from the National Hurricane Center:

Here is a radar image of Hurricane Earl from MeteoFrance. The center of the storm is towards the top right of the radar. 

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