SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Lee on Friday slammed into heat Atlantic waters as the primary Class 5 storm of the season, threatening to unleash extreme waves throughout the northeastern Caribbean.
The hurricane shouldn’t be anticipated to make landfall, however meteorologists have warned it should generate harmful waves of as much as 15 ft (5 meters) throughout the northern coast of Puerto Rico and different close by islands. Whereas Lee is on a path that might take a number of hundred miles (kilometers) northeast of the Caribbean, no tropical storm circumstances are anticipated within the space.
“Though the hurricane is extremely highly effective, the wind area shouldn’t be significantly giant,” the Nationwide Hurricane Heart stated.
The hurricane was situated about 630 miles (1,015 kilometers) east of the northern Leeward Islands. Winds had been 165 mph (270 kph) and had been shifting west-northwest at 14 mph (22 kph).
Lee is anticipated to proceed to strengthen and has sustained winds of as much as 180 mph (290 km/h). Solely seven Atlantic hurricanes have skilled winds of this magnitude since 1966, in response to Colorado State College hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach. Amongst these disasters was Hurricane Dorian, which hit the northern Bahamas in 2019 as a Class 5 storm, hovering over the smaller islands for about two days.
The middle stated harmful waves and killer currents had been more likely to hit the northern Leeward Islands afterward Friday. It’ll unfold to Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Bahamas and Bermuda over the weekend.
“We are going to see waves of 10 to fifteen ft (3 and 5 metres), so we do not need anybody on the seashores,” stated Ernesto Morales of the Nationwide Climate Service in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The Nationwide Hurricane Heart stated harmful waves and tough currents are anticipated throughout a lot of the US East Coast beginning Sunday.
On Thursday, US President Joe Biden obtained the most recent monitor of the hurricane and particulars of preparations being made by the US Federal Emergency Administration Company, which has launched unspecified property in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, in response to the White Home.
Lee is the twelfth storm within the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to November 30 and peaks in September.
Tropical Storm Margot grew to become the thirteenth storm after forming Thursday evening. It was situated about 460 miles (740 kilometers) west-northwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. Winds had been gusting as much as 40 mph (65 kph) and had been anticipated to strengthen right into a hurricane over the weekend. It was shifting west-northwest at 16 mph (26 kph) and anticipated to stay over open water.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in August Between 14 and 21 named storms are anticipated this season, six to 11 of that are anticipated to turn out to be hurricanes, and of these storms, two to 5 are more likely to become main hurricanes.
Within the Pacific, Hurricane Jova swept via open waters off the southwest coast of Mexico as a Class 2 storm. It didn’t pose any risk to the bottom.
It was situated about 685 miles (1,100 km) west-southwest of the southern tip of Baja, California, and was shifting west-northwest at 16 mph (26 kph) with winds as much as 110 mph (175 km per hour).
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