{"id":590331,"date":"2023-09-08T15:34:23","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T12:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/hurricane-lee-becomes-major-category-5-storm-further-intensification-expected\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T15:34:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T12:34:23","slug":"hurricane-lee-becomes-major-category-5-storm-further-intensification-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hurricane-lee-becomes-major-category-5-storm-further-intensification-expected\/","title":{"rendered":"#Hurricane Lee becomes major Category 5 storm, further intensification expected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/Lee.png?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Hurricane Lee intensified into a Category 5 storm Friday with winds nearing 165 miles per hour as it <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roaches just north of the eastern Caribbean, according to the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/text\/refresh\/MIATCMAT3+shtml\/080837.shtml?\">National Hurricane Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lee is the season\u2019s first Category 5 storm, the highest label, with winds forecasted to peak at just under 180 miles per hour by early Friday afternoon. Those speeds would put it in the record books as about the ninth strongest hurricane in recorded history.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>While the storm is not expected to make landfall in the Caribbean, the National Hurricane Center warned dangerous ocean conditions are likely. That can include waves of up to 15 feet for islands including Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/graphics_at3.shtml?start\">Early forecasts<\/a> estimate that the storm will turn north by early next week. White it is projected to avoid the U.S. East Coast, it could potentially hit Bermuda or even Nova Scotia next week as it <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>s northwward. However, meteorologists have little confidence in those long-distance forecasts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is way too soon to know what level of impacts, if any, Lee might have along the U.S. East Coast, Atlantic Canada, or Bermuda late next week, particularly since the hurricane is expected to slow down considerably over the southwest Atlantic,\u201d the center warned.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, dangerous ocean conditions like rip currents are anticipated along most of the U.S. coast this week starting Sunday because of the powerful storm, the center said.<\/p>\n<p>In preparation for the storm, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has deployed assets to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands amid fears of dangerous waves, The Associated Press reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. 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