Hurricane Central Hurricane Irma Strengthens Into a Category 3; Potential Threat to the Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Bahamas and the United States September 03 2017 01:00 PM EDT weather.com 01:01 What's Steering Tropical Storm Beta? Meteorologist Heather Tesch shows us how much rainfall you could see from Beta. This is a developing weather story. Please click here for the latest updates on Hurricane Irma.

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