--- title: Hurricane Irma: Watch a Live Feed of the Storm description: Hurricane Irma hit the Caribbean on Wednesday. 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A picture taken on September 6, 2017 shows a general view of the Pointe de la Verdure beach in Gosier, on the French overseas island of Guadeloupe, as high winds from Hurricane Irma hit the island. HELENE VALENZUELA—AFP/Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Sep 6, 2017 6:55 PM UTC [Hurricane Irma](http://time.com/4928414/hurricane-irma-caribbean-storm-winds-florida/?xid=homepage) made landfall in the Caribbean Wednesday as the Category 5 storm barrels through the area on a potential collision course with Florida. A livestream from St. Croix, in the U.S. Virgin Islands, shows Irma’s heavy rainfall and incredible wind speeds as the storm makes its way through the region. The stream, courtesy of [EarthCam](https://www.earthcam.com/usa/virginislands/stcroix/?cam=mmstcroix%5Fhd), shows Irma hitting a St. Croix beach. A hurricane warning for the Caribbean area predicts tropical force winds and up to 10 inches of rain. Hurricane Irma is expected to move westward, dumping between 10 and 20 inches of rain on parts of the Dominican Republic, Haiti and the Bahamas. While it’s too early to tell exactly how the storm might impact Florida, residents there are already [bracing for the worst](http://time.com/4929368/hurricane-irma-evacuations-miami-florida/). 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