ABC News is reporting, Tuesday morning, that Irma has strengthened to a category 5: http://abcnews.go.com/International/hurricane-irma-strengthens-closes-caribbean/story?id=49608171&cid=clicksource_4380645_1_hero_headlines_bsq_hed
Of course they don’t know exactly what path it will take but for now the eye is not expected to hit the DR directly but pass it to the north.