** RIGHTS: ONLY UNITED STATES, BRAZIL, CANADA ** Caribbean, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS - The most powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane in recorded history bore down on the islands of the northeast Caribbean late Tuesday, following a path predicted to then rake Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba before possibly heading for Florida over the weekend. At the far northeastern edge of the Caribbean, authorities on the Leeward Islands of Antigua and Barbuda cut power and urged residents to shelter indoors as they braced for Hurricane Irma's first contact with land early Wednesday.
Pictured: Hurricane Irma
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Nearly half a million customers still don’t have power in Puerto Rico, CNN reported, according to the island’s electric power authority.
Still, the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) announced Wednesday it had restored power to more than 1 million clients since Hurricane Maria devastated the island about four months ago, calling the number a “major milestone.”
