Satellite image of Hurricane Irma over Puerto Rico Hurricane Jose in the Atlantic Ocean and Hurricane Katia off the Mexican Gulf coast Irma made landfall on the Leeward Islands as a category storm with sustained winds of kilometres per hour in the early morning of the th September First hit was Barbuda where over of buildings were destroyed Significant damage and loss of life were reported on the other Leeward Islands as Irma continued northwards Jose is gaining strength as it also heads towards the Leeward Islands Katia became a category hurricane on the afternoon of the th and is expected to strengthen as it heads west towards Mexico Data obtained with the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite VIIRS on a Suomi National Polarorbiting Partnership SNPP weather satellite on th September NasaScience Photo Library