New York/Atlanta — Hurricane Jose churned towards the northeastern US and could cause swells along the coast by midweek, says the US National Hurricane Centre, while tropical storm Maria was expected to become a hurricane on Monday and threaten already battered Caribbean islands. Jose, which was about 571km southeast of North Carolina on Monday morning, could move well off the coast of New Jersey and New York by Wednesday morning. 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 towards the Caribbean. The storm was about 650km southeast of the Leeward Islands at about 2pm in New York on Monday, according to the hurricane centre. The centre of Maria was expected to move across the Leeward Islands on Monday night. The two storms build on a devastating 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, coming just after hurricane Harvey inundated Texas and hurricane Irma raked Florida’s west co...
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