Cayman Islands Under Hurricane Warning as Storm Moves Toward Gulf

A hurricane warning was issued for the Cayman Islands just after 7 a.m. ET on Nov. 4, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), as Potential Tropical Cyclone 18 continued to build in the Caribbean Sea.
Last located 425 miles southeast of Grand Cayman with sustained winds of 35 mph, this system was expected to become a tropical depression as it builds strength.
It moved north at 7 mph, and the NHC’s morning forecast advisory predicted it could become a tropical storm by 1 p.m. on Nov. 4 and then a hurricane by 1 a.m. on Nov. 6.
A tropical storm has sustained winds of 39 mph to 73 mph, and a hurricane has winds of 74 mph or greater….