d Barbados. Rainfall on all of these islands could cause life- threatening flash floods and mudslides. SURF: Swells generated by Maria are affecting the Lesser Antilles. These swells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions. Please consult products from your local weather office. IMPORT

all trapezoidal-shaped plate which is moving eastward relative to the North and South American continents carried on the American plate. That arc of the Lesser Antilles is an active volcanic arc above a subduction zone in which the Atlantic oceanic crust of the American plate is carried downward under the Caribbean