With work continuing to get Virgin Islands National Park back on its feet after Hurricane Irma, another hurricane appeared to be bearing down on the Caribbean.

The national park, hardest hit of all National Park System units in the Caribbean by Irma, is not alone in the path of Maria, which was a tropical storm Sunday but expected to evolve into a hurricane by the time it reaches the Caribbean. Also in the path Sunday were Buck Island Reef National Monument, Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument, San Juan National Historic Site, Christiansted National Historic Site, and Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve.

Randy Lavasseur, the superintendent who oversees all National Park System units in the Caribbean, voiced concern about another hurricane last week when discussing recovery operations at Virgin Islands National Park and bringing in staff and rebuilding materials.

“We also have to keep in mind, when we make these decisions to put these resources out there, that we’re also still in hurricane season. And so we have to be very mindful of that," he told the Traveler on Wednesday. “For all we know, we could hear there’s another hurricane forming, and in four days it’s going to be hitting the Caribbean, and now I’ve got to evacuate all the resources that I just put on that island. The mass exodus that would happen. We know we won’t have the equipment to do that evacuation, so we always have to keep those kind of things in mind as we’re moving forward with this."

According to the National Hurricane Center, the forecast called for Maria to reach the Virgin Islands with hurricane-force winds up to 110 mph by Tuesday morning.