It's expected to cross the Leeward Islands before closing on the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic late Saturday.

预计它将穿过背风群岛，然后在周六晚些时候接近维尔京群岛、波多黎各和多米尼加共和国。

But large waves have begun crashing on the shores of the Leeward Islands on Monday.

但周一，大浪已经开始冲击背风群岛的海岸。

Tuesday night, the Leeward Islands in the eastern Caribbean took another hit from an Atlantic Hurricane.

周二晚上，东加勒比海的背风群岛再次遭受大西洋飓风的袭击。

It's known a bigger storm than hurricane Harvey which devastated parts of Texas and Louisiana last month. Irma is expected to make a land fall on the Leeward Islands.

上月，飓风哈维给德克萨斯和路易斯安那部分地区带来了毁灭性的打击，厄玛比哈维的能量更强大。预期这次飓风将在背风群岛登陆。