1. “I don’t know how you can prepare for a hurricane of that magnitude, but we’re doing our best.”

That was a hotel worker as Hurricane Irma, one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the Atlantic, hit the eastern Caribbean with winds of up to 185 miles an hour. At least four people were killed.

Check here for an updated map of the storm’s trajectory across Puerto Rico, above, the Virgin Islands, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba and Florida. Check here for the latest.