Hurricane Earl batters Caribbean Islands
Hurricane Earl battered tiny islands across the northeastern Caribbean with heavy rain and roof-ripping winds Monday as it rapidly intensified into a major Category 4 storm taking a path projected to menace the United States.
Hurricane Earl weakened slightly to a Category 3 storm as it churned toward the eastern US seaboard on Wednesday and looked to sideswipe the densely populated coast from North Carolina to New England, the US National Hurricane Center said.