Aug

2010

11:45am, EDT

Jeremy Edouard / Twitpic.com/photos/bienglace

Left: Hurricane Earl makes landfall on the Leeward islands in the Caribbean on Monday. Right: Grand Case Street in St. Martin on Monday.

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Hurricane Earl strengthens into a category 4 storm as it surges into the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean early Monday.

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Luis Colon uses an umbrella to shield himself from rain and wind caused by the approaching Hurricane Earl in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Monday.

Watching Hurricane Earl

By Jonathan Woods, msnbc.com

Hurricane Earl is passing over the Leeward islands in the Caribbean. The storm has now grown into a category 4 storm with winds of up to 135 mph.

Photos like Jeremy Edouard's at the top of this post are sporadically appearing on twitter. We'll continue to post the most storytelling images here and on our story. We also stumbled across some interesting webcams from St. Barthélemy in our dredging. Let us know if you see something we missed.

Feel free to use our hurricane tracker or read the latest on the storm. Last, don't miss this amazing photo of the hurricane from the International Space Station.