tests spanish authorities have ordered north korea s ambassador to leave the country by the end of the month the u.n. security council imposed new sanctions on pyongyang after its sixth largest nuclear test this month. so sad bombings in nigeria have killed at least twelve people and injured more than twenty at least two blasts had a settlement in the northeastern state of borno witnesses say the bombers detonated their devices at a gathering of farmers the region is at the center of the islamist insurgency and oscar pistorius a six year jail term could be extended south africa state prosecutors are seeking a harsher punishment for the olympic and paralympic star they will present their arguments to the court of appeal on november third pistorius was sentenced last year for the murder of his girlfriend reeva steenkamp now the prime minister of domenica has described hurricane maria as devastating and mind boggling after the hurricane swept over the caribbean island maria has now intens
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to category 5 once again. maria originally grew from a category 1 to 5 in just 15 hours. that makes it the most powerful hurricane to ever make handfall in domenica. the prime minister posting on facebook there is widespread devastation. the greatest fear finding out about injuries and fatality the. puerto rico now bracing for a direct hit on wednesday. national hurricane center warning maria is likely to cause life threatening flash floods and mudslides. let s get to the meteorologist in the cnn weather center. we re now looking at another category 5. what s the path? the path is remaining very precarious for places like puerto rico and turks and cai s caicos. increasing it back up to a
martha: yet another hurricane is threatening the united states as well as many caribbean islands. preparations underway now in puerto rico. hurricane maria is on the way. it is massive and dangerous. look at this. it is just the latest after irma and harvey and all of the rest in between. it s now headed after leaving a devastating trail of destruction in the island of domenica, which is said to be nearly destroyed. the national weather service is warning this is potentially catastrophic still and strength. joining me on the phone from san juan bret ascare meteorologist for weather nation tv. he has been tracking the storms over the past 15 years and certainly over the last three weeks. tell me what you are seeing there tonight in puerto rico. well, here in san juan most areas have closed up.
overnight hurricane maria slamming the caribbean island of domenica. storm intensifying rapidly back to a category 5 as it heads straight for puerto rico where the governor says it s unlike anything the island had ever seen. the president s former campaign manager wiretapped under secret court orders including a time when he was known to speak with president trump. anded president getting ready for his first speech at the u.n. officials say it will be quote, deeply philosophical after the talk on day one in the general assembly. we have all our top stories covered from the caribbean and washington this morning. welcome back to early start everybody. nice to see you. thanks for joining us. 31 minutes past the hour. let s begin with hurricane maria. category 5 force heading straight for puerto rico after dropping to a category 4 over night she has straightened back