Hurricane Felix surges to 'potentially catastrophic' strength

Hurricane Felix rapidly strengthened into a dangerous Category 5 storm as it headed through the Caribbean Sea towards Central America, where forecasters said it could make landfall with “potentially catastrophic” effect.

Felix was packing winds of up to 165mph as it headed west, according to the US National Hurricane Centre. It was projected to skirt Honduras’s coastline tomorrow before hitting into Belize on Wednesday.