Hurricane Maria swept over the small island of Dominica with catastrophic Category 5 winds overnight, starting a charge into the eastern Caribbean that
A strengthening Hurricane Maria is approaching Caribbean islands still recovering from Hurricane Irma, while Hurricane Jose passes just off of Maryland’s Atlantic coast, bringing dangerous surf.
The effects of Hurricane Jose will barely register in Baltimore as it tracks north and diminishes into a tropical storm in the Atlantic this coming week, while Ocean City could feel it more.
Forecasters have been watching Hurricane Jose's track for a possible hit to the East Coast, but the latest forecasts show the storm weakening and keeping off shore.
The remnants of Irma will track into the Ohio Valley, sparing Maryland from most of the hurricane’s wind and rain, said Andrew Snyder, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.