Hurricane Lee has been rapidly intensifying and has been moving west across the open waters of the Atlantic. As of Thursday, Hurricane Lee was about 705 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands, which are in the northeastern Caribbean. According to reports, the storm was moving west-northwest at 14 miles per hour. Reports further revealed that its maximum sustained winds of 160 m.p.h. make it a Category 5 storm, the first of this Atlantic hurricane season.
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00:00 Hurricane Lee has been rapidly intensifying and has been moving west across the open waters
00:07 of the Atlantic.
00:09 As of Thursday, Hurricane Lee was about 705 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands,
00:15 which are in the northeastern Caribbean.
00:18 According to reports, the storm was moving west-northwest at 14 miles per hour.
00:24 Reports further revealed that its maximum sustained winds of 160 miles per hour make
00:28 it a Category 5 storm, the first of this Atlantic hurricane season.
00:33 According to weather forecasters, Lee currently does not threaten any land and there are no
00:38 coastal watches or warnings in effect.
00:41 However, according to the Hurricane Center, dangerous surf conditions generated by the
00:45 storm are likely to affect the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, the Bahamas and Bermuda
00:52 over the weekend.
00:53 Meteorologists are fairly confident that Lee will stay north of the Caribbean.
00:58 Several forecast models suggest that the storm will deviate north, but it remains unclear
01:03 if and when that will happen and whether it turns before threatening the United States.
01:08 In a published forecast discussion, the Hurricane Center said that it is way too soon to know
01:12 what level of impacts, if any, Lee might have along the US east coast, Atlantic, Canada
01:18 or Bermuda late next week, particularly since the hurricane is expected to slow down considerably
01:23 over the southwestern Atlantic.
01:26 The Hurricane Center has given an estimate of how big the storm is going to get.
01:31 According to them, Lee intensified rapidly on Thursday, with its wind speeds doubling
01:35 from 80 mph to 160 mph.
01:38 It is expected to remain a major hurricane that is Category 3 or higher, with wind speeds
01:44 of at least 111 mph through next week.
01:48 There are some chances that it will hit the US east coast.
01:52 However, reports strongly suggest that it is currently not the likely outcome.
01:56 Lee might also hit Canada or stay farther east and move across Bermuda.
02:01 By this weekend, forecasters should be getting a better idea of the forecast path for Lee.
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