Hurricane Irma UPDATE: British Airways warns of travel DISRUPTION as storm heads to USA

HURRICANE IRMA might cause travel disruption to travellers as the Category 5 hurricane threatens to hit the US coast around the Florida peninsula

Irma could soon lead to major travel disruption for US and UK travellers.

British Airways meteorologist Claire Matthews said: "Irma at the moment is tracking towards Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands with a potential to hit Florida over the weekend.

"We are gonna be monitoring and see what happens to Orlando, Miami, Tampa and Fort Lauderdale so our flight may be impacted."

Hurricane Irma track reveals that the storm is forecast to move over the Straits of Florida before nearing the Florida coast by 7 am CDT on Sunday (September 10).

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Hurricane Irma update: Travel disruptions could happen as storm heads for Florida

British Airways offers daily flights to the peninsular state threatened by Hurricane Irma.


Boris Johnson said: "There are tens of thousands of British people there and clearly we are updating our travel advice the whole time people have been going there. 


Irma's devastating path first wreaked the isle of Barbuda before targeting St Martin and St Barts.

Puerto Rico reported heavy rain and powerful gusts of wind as the eye of the storm approaches the US territory.

The National Hurricane Center warned that Irma's "dangerous core" is already closing in on the British and US-owned Virgin Islands.

The NOAA said several of its offices have launched additional weather balloons to gather supporting data on Hurricane Irma.

Irma's life-threatening hurricane winds extend up to 50 miles (85km) out from the eye of the colossal storm.