The current hurricane center track has Danny rapidly weakening over the island of Hispaniola, home to Haiti and the Dominican Republic, on Wednesday. (Image: National Weather Service/National Hurricane Center Aug. 21, 2015, 11am ET)

Tiny Hurricane Danny strengthened on its path across the Atlantic and may reach the Leeward Islands sometime Monday.

With top winds of 105 miles (169 kilometers) per hour, Danny is now a Category 2 storm on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale, on a track that should take it through the island chain, which forms part of the eastern edge of the Caribbean Sea and includes St. Kitts and Montserrat, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in advisory.

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