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    Three dead in Puerto Rico as 'nuclear' hurricane moves toward Bahamas, on course for Florida

    by By Les Neuhaus and Laura King, Los Angeles Times Sep 07, 2017 4 minutes

    MIAMI - The caprices of wind and water saved impoverished Haiti and the Dominican Republic from a direct hit by Hurricane Irma on Thursday, but the death toll grew as the historic storm bore down relentlessly on other Caribbean targets and headed for South Florida.

    A "nuclear hurricane" is what Philip Levine, the mayor of vulnerable barrier-island Miami Beach, called Irma as Floridians fled northward and inland. Irma's leading edge was expected to reach Florida as soon as Saturday, and Gov. Rick Scott spoke of a "catastrophic storm that our state has never seen."

    The hurricane has left a string of small, devastated Caribbean islands counting their dead

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