Hurricane Maria is lashing the northeastern Dominican Republic and is expected to pass near the Turks and Caicos later today.
The Category 3 storm's maximum sustained winds are near 185-kilometres-per-hour and the U-S National Hurricane Center says some strengthening is possible during the next day or so.
Maria has killed at least 10 people across the Caribbean.
Meanwhile, Puerto Ricans are rebuilding after the hurricane slammed into the U-S territory yesterday.