On Wednesday, September 6, Category 5 Hurricane Irma hit the Caribbean, with winds of 185-mph, making it one of the strongest storms on record in the Atlantic. The Church has 20 missions and one temple in the Caribbean, where the storm has already hit Barbuda, St. Martin, Lesser Antilles, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. As it continues its path north and west, through the Caribbean to the United States, which is still recovering from Category 4 Hurricane Harvey that made landfall in Texas, the Church released the following statement:
