{"id":2025194,"date":"2023-09-07T20:36:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T00:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lee-swells-to-major-hurricane-status\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T20:39:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T00:39:13","slug":"lee-swells-to-major-hurricane-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lee-swells-to-major-hurricane-status\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee becomes a powerful hurricane."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/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%2Flee-swells-to-major-hurricane-status%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=2025194&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--><h2>Hurricane Lee Expected to Intensify and Become First Category 5 Hurricane of the Atlantic Season<\/h2>\n<p>Hurricane Lee is set to make \u2062a powerful entrance as\u200c it intensifies and becomes the first Category 5 hurricane of the Atlantic season, which lasts until\u200c Nov. 30.<\/p>\n<p>According \u200cto meteorologists\u2064 with the Weather Channel, as of 3:45 p.m. Thursday, the \u200churricane was more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shot-down-video-shows-the-russian-air-force-was-just-crushed-in-ukraine\/\" title=\"Video reveals Russian Air Force's defeat in Ukraine.\">800 miles east<\/a> of the Leeward Islands. It is projected to head &#8220;north of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico this weekend.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Possible Impacts\u2064 and Preparations<\/h3>\n<p>The storm is expected to have possible impacts on Bermuda, Atlantic\u200d Canada, and parts \u2063of the\u2063 East Coast, \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lee-swells-to-major-hurricane-status\/\" title=\"Lee becomes a powerful hurricane.\">potentially\u200c making landfall<\/a> as far as Nova Scotia.<\/p>\n<p>In \u2062anticipation of the storm, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has pre-deployed assets and is coordinating with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/late-night-restaurant-owners-want-to-play-fair-so-far-they-say-newsom-hasnt\/\" title=\"Late-night restaurant owners want to play fair. So far, they say, Newsom hasn't\">local officials<\/a> \u200bin Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, as stated by the\u2062 Biden administration.<\/p>\n<h3>Unprecedented Intensification<\/h3>\n<p>Despite being the 12th named hurricane of the season, Hurricane Lee is likely \u2064to be the first Category 5 storm. This is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americas-debt-rating-downgrade-shows-washington-is-still-building-back-bankrupt\/\" title=\"US Debt Rating Downgrade Reveals Washington's Ongoing Financial Struggles\">significant\u200c event<\/a>, as only 38 Atlantic hurricanes have reached Category 5 intensity in the past \u200c100 years.<\/p>\n<p>National Hurricane Center forecaster Dan Zelinsky highlighted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blue-state-blues-gets-worse\/\" title=\"Blue State Blues Gets Worse\">alarming rate<\/a> of intensification observed in computer forecast models. This unusual phenomenon is attributed to the moist environment, rising ocean temperature, and minimal wind \u200dshear.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">click here to read more from The Washington Examiner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Warnings and Precautions<\/h3>\n<p>Over the past century, 38 other Atlantic hurricanes have reached Category 5 intensity. The Weather Channel advises those along the Eastern Seaboard to avoid high \u200bsurf and\u2062 rip currents, as\u2062 well as prepare for possible coastal \u2064flooding and beach erosion next week.<\/p>\n<p>While residents in the\u200c affected islands are encouraged to stay vigilant, no \u2064advisories have been issued at this time to shelter in\u2063 place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hurricane Lee may become the Atlantic season&#8217;s first Category 5 hurricane, intensifying as it moves towards the Leeward Islands. Meteorologists from the Weather Channel predict it will pass north of the Virgin Islands, currently located over 800 miles east. 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