ST JOHN ISLAND, United States (AFP) – Hurricane Maria closed in on the US Virgin Islands late Tuesday as the US National Hurricane Center warned of a “potentially catastrophic” impact from a storm that has already killed at least two people in the Caribbean. Winds packing 160 miles (255 kilometers) an hour were already lashing the US islands as Maria barreled westwards, forecast to make landfall Wednesday before heading to Puerto Rico. “Preparations against life-threatening storm surge […]