{"id":2024101,"date":"2023-09-06T22:25:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T02:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tropical-storm-lee-strengthens-into-hurricane-as-it-churns-across-atlantic-toward-caribbean\/"},"modified":"2023-09-06T22:27:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T02:27:07","slug":"tropical-storm-lee-strengthens-into-hurricane-as-it-churns-across-atlantic-toward-caribbean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tropical-storm-lee-strengthens-into-hurricane-as-it-churns-across-atlantic-toward-caribbean\/","title":{"rendered":"Tropical Storm Lee intensifies, becomes hurricane, heads to Caribbean."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftropical-storm-lee-strengthens-into-hurricane-as-it-churns-across-atlantic-toward-caribbean%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2024101&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>Tropical\u2062 Storm Lee Strengthens into\u2062 a Hurricane<\/h2>\n<p>SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico\u2014Tropical Storm Lee has transformed\u2064 into a powerful hurricane as it makes its way through the vast Atlantic\u2062 waters. This hurricane is projected to\u2062 approach the northeast Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p>The hurricane is currently \u200bpositioned approximately 1,130 miles (1,815 kilometers) east of\u200c the northern\u200b Leeward Islands. With \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-england-areas-under-flood-watches-as-tropical-storm-elsa-continues-moving-northeast\/\" title=\"New England areas under flood watches as Tropical Storm Elsa continues moving northeast\">maximum sustained winds<\/a> \u2062of\u200c 75 mph (120 kph) and a west-northwest movement at \u206414 \u200dmph (22 kph), it poses a significant threat, according to the National Hurricane Center.<\/p>\n<p>While the latest forecasts indicate that the hurricane \u2063will not make \u200clandfall, it is expected to pass\u200d just northeast \u200bof the British Virgin Islands. These islands\u2062 are still recovering from the \u2063devastating hurricanes \u200bMaria\u200b and Irma that \u2064struck in September 2017.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/desantis-slams-claim-that-climate-change-is-responsible-for-hurricane-idalia-5485986\">DeSantis Slams\u200d Claim That Climate Change Is Responsible for Hurricane Idalia<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-comp-caption\">9\/4\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/biden-surveys-hurricane-idalia-damage-in-florida-says-more-fema-funding-needed-5485614\">Biden Surveys Hurricane Idalia\u2064 Damage in Florida, Says More FEMA Funding Needed<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-comp-caption\">9\/3\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It \u2064has the\u2063 potential to become a powerhouse Category\u2063 5 hurricane, the\u2064 strongest \u200churricane \u200cof the year,&#8221; said Jonathan Porter, chief meteorologist for AccuWeather.<\/p>\n<p>Lee is\u2062 the 12th named storm\u2063 of the Atlantic hurricane season, which spans from\u200b June 1 to Nov. 30.<\/p>\n<p>According to the National \u2064Hurricane \u200dCenter, it is expected to \u200bintensify into\u200c an &#8220;extremely dangerous&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-doubling-spending-to-prepare-for-hurricanes-storms\/\" title=\"Biden Doubling Spending to Prepare for Hurricanes, Storms\">major hurricane<\/a> \u2063by\u200d early Saturday. The storm is\u200b currently moving over warm waters \u2064and in\u200c a\u200d moist environment.<\/p>\n<p>The hurricane is anticipated \u200cto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tropical-storm-lee-strengthens-into-hurricane-as-it-churns-across-atlantic-toward-caribbean\/\" title=\"Tropical Storm Lee intensifies, becomes hurricane, heads to Caribbean.\">generate\u200c life-threatening \u2064swells<\/a> that\u200c will impact the Lesser Antilles on Friday, followed by Puerto Rico, the\u2062 United States, and the British Virgin Islands over the weekend. The \u2063National Weather Service in San \u200dJuan warns\u200c that sea levels around Puerto Rico\u200d could rise up to 12 feet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is still too \u2062much \u2064uncertainty regarding\u2064 rainfall and \u2062possible wind\u200c impacts, \u200bas Lee is forecast to pass a couple hundred\u2062 miles north of \u200bthe islands,&#8221; the National Hurricane Center stated.<\/p>\n<p>In August, the National \u2063Ocean and Atmospheric Administration \u200bpredicted an \u200cabove-normal number of storms for this year&#8217;s hurricane season.\u2064 They forecasted between 14 to 21 named \u2062storms, with \u2063six to 11 potentially becoming hurricanes and two to five of\u2063 them reaching major \u200bhurricane status.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, AccuWeather has updated its forecast, now predicting\u200b three to five \u2062Category 3 or stronger hurricanes \u2064this season, compared\u200d to their previous estimate of one \u200bto \u200cthree.<\/p>\n<p>In the Pacific, Hurricane Jova has strengthened into a Category 4 \u200dhurricane \u2063far off the southwest coast of \u2064Mexico. Fortunately, it poses \u2064no threat to land.<\/p>\n<p>Jova \u200bis currently \u2064located approximately 565 miles (910 kilometers) \u200csouth-southwest of the southern tip of\u200b Baja California \u200cand\u200b is moving west-nor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tropical Storm Lee became a hurricane, gaining strength in the Atlantic. It is heading towards the northeast Caribbean, currently positioned 1,130 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands. With sustained winds of 75 mph, it poses a potential threat to the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2024103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2024101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2024101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2024103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2024101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2024101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2024101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}