Harvey, Irma...now Maria and Jose

(Sept 18): Hurricane Jose churned toward the US Northeast and could cause swells along the coast by midweek, according to the National Hurricane Centre, while Tropical Storm Maria is expected to become a hurricane later today and threaten already-battered Caribbean islands.

Jose was about 355 miles (571 km) southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, at 11am New York time. Its path could put it well off the coast of New Jersey and New York by Wednesday morning, although it may weaken to a tropical storm again by then, the centre said.

Jose looks more likely to skirt the East Coast of the US, even as tropical storm Maria barrels toward the Caribbean. The storm was about 405 miles southeast of the Leeward Islands at around 2pm in New York, according to the hurricane centre. The NHC expects the centre of Maria is expected to move across the Leeward Islands Monday night.

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