Its monday, september 18. From abc news, this is world news now. A good morning to you all. We begin with the latest in a string of powerful late summer weather systems in the atlantic, including one following in the path of hurricane irma. Were keep ago keeping an ey hurricane maria, lee and jose. Maria is expected to hit tonight, antigua and barbuda. The coast guard has a view of some of the damage caused by irma. The 185mileperhour winds lasted an incredible 37 hours, and taking a look at what that could mean. At least far ahead. Lets take a look at Paul Williams. Good morning, kendis, diane. Jose causing problems on the east coast. Swells beginning to develop. Were expecting heavy seas, rough surf, coastal flooding, strong rip currents and gusty winds between 50 5060mileperhour winds, then maria causing problems. And a category three as she passes over puerto rico and approaches hispaniola. This is how shell go from now until friday. Now to floridas recovery from hurricane irma. Ma
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