There are now 3 hurricanes swirling around in the Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic basin now has three hurricane-strength storms at once.

On Wednesday, Katia and Jose upgraded to hurricane status, joining Irma, a Category 5 storm with 185-mph winds.

Katia was in the Gulf of Mexico, about 175 miles north of Veracruz, Mexico, and it's expected to drop 5 to 10 inches of rain onto the city. Jose was out over the Atlantic Ocean, about 1,000 miles from the Lesser Antilles islands.

The GOES-16 satellite captured this shot around 3:15 p.m. ET, with Katia approaching Mexico, Irma over the Caribbean islands, and Jose out in the Atlantic.

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Jose became a Category 1 hurricane with 75-mph winds.

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