{"id":2025327,"date":"2023-09-07T23:35:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T03:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lee-swells-to-category-5-hurricane\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T23:36:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T03:36:17","slug":"lee-swells-to-category-5-hurricane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lee-swells-to-category-5-hurricane\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee becomes a Category 5 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\">12<\/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-category-5-hurricane%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=2025327&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 Intensifies\u200d into \u2064Category\u2064 5 Storm<\/h2>\n<p>Hurricane Lee has intensified \u2062into the first Category 5 hurricane of \u200bthe Atlantic\u200d season, which lasts until Nov. 30.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Dangerous beach conditions\u2063 expected\u200c to develop around the Western Atlantic through \u200bearly next week,&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The National \u200bHurricane Center released its latest \u200bupdate at 11 p.m. on Thursday, stating that Hurricane Lee is expected to strengthen further overnight. With winds already\u200c &#8220;near 160 mph,&#8221;\u2063 it\u2062 is on track to become\u200b even stronger.<\/p>\n<h3>Impacts and Forecast<\/h3>\n<p>The update added that Lee is expected\u200b to pass well to the north of the northern Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico over the weekend and into early next week. The \u200dstorm is expected to remain\u200d a major hurricane &#8220;through\u200b early next week.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With swells causing &#8220;life-threatening&#8221; surf and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hurricane-hilary-downgraded-as-storm-to-cause-life-threatening-flooding-in-california\/\" title=\"Hurricane Hilary now a storm, but still poses 'life-threatening floods' in California.\">rip current conditions<\/a>, the hurricane may affect Bermuda, Atlantic Canada, and parts of the East Coast. There were earlier concerns that it could make landfall as far as Nova Scotia.<\/p>\n<p>In preparation for the storm,\u200c the Federal Emergency Management Agency has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lee-swells-to-major-hurricane-status\/\" title=\"Lee becomes a powerful hurricane.\">pre-deployed assets<\/a> and is coordinating with local officials in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.<\/p>\n<h3>Unusual Intensification<\/h3>\n<p>Despite \u200dbeing \u200dthe first Category 5 storm of the season, Hurricane Lee is \u200bthe 12th named \u2062hurricane. This year, computer forecast models have shown an alarming rate of intensification,\u200d surpassing what \u2064is typically observed. This is attributed to the moist environment, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lee-swells-to-category-5-hurricane\/\" title=\"Lee becomes a Category 5 hurricane.\">rising ocean\u200b temperature<\/a>, and minimal wind shear.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past 100 years, a total of 38 Atlantic hurricanes have reached Category\u2063 5 intensity.<\/p>\n<h3>Precautions and Warnings<\/h3>\n<p>The Weather Channel advises those along the\u2062 Eastern Seaboard to \u200bavoid high surf and rip currents. Coastal flooding and beach erosion are \u2064also possible\u200c next week. While residents in the affected islands are encouraged to stay \u200cvigilant, \u2062no advisories have been issued \u200cat this time to shelter in place.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Hurricane Center as having sustained winds of 157 mph or higher. Hurricane Lee, the first Category 5 hurricane of the Atlantic season, poses a significant threat with dangerous beach conditions expected in the Western Atlantic until early next week. 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