{"id":2025367,"date":"2023-09-08T01:04:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T05:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hurricane-lee-intensifies-to-category-5\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T01:08:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T05:08:32","slug":"hurricane-lee-intensifies-to-category-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hurricane-lee-intensifies-to-category-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Lee now a Category 5 storm."},"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\">14<\/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%2Fhurricane-lee-intensifies-to-category-5%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=2025367&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: A Category 5 Storm<\/h2>\n<p>Hurricane Lee \u200dhas\u2064 made \u200cits mark \u200das \u200bthe first\u2062 Category 5 \u200dstorm of\u2064 the Atlantic season, as reported\u200b by the National Hurricane Center (NHC).<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/text\/refresh\/MIATCPAT3+shtml\/080251.shtml?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">public advisory<\/a> at 11 p.m. AST (11 p.m. ET), the \u200dMiami-based hurricane center revealed that the\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hurricane-lee-intensifies-to-category-5\/\" title=\"Hurricane Lee now a Category 5 storm.\">storm boasted maximum \u200csustained winds<\/a> \u2064of 160 mph (260 km\/h), firmly placing \u200cit \u200cin\u2063 the\u200c Category 5 range on the\u2062 Saffir-Simpson\u200b intensity scale.<\/div>\n<p>Currently, Hurricane Lee\u2063 is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hurricane-hilary-forms-could-bring-heavy-rain-to-southern-california\/\" title=\"Hurricane Hilary emerges, may bring downpours to SoCal.\">moving west-northwest<\/a> \u2064at a\u2062 speed of\u200c 14 mph\u2063 (22\u200b km\/h). As of 11 p.m. AST, it was positioned\u2063 approximately 705 miles (1,135 kilometers) east of the \u2062northern Leeward Islands in the\u2063 Caribbean.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/hurricane-lee-charges-through-open-atlantic-waters-as-it-approaches-northeast-caribbean-5487763\">Hurricane Lee Charges Through Open Atlantic\u2064 Waters as It Approaches Northeast Caribbean<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/7\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/hurricane-lee-charges-through-open-atlantic-waters-as-it-approaches-northeast-caribbean-5487763\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/desantis-resumes-presidential-campaign-after-pausing-for-hurricane-idalia-5486436\">DeSantis Resumes Presidential Campaign\u2064 After \u200cPausing\u2062 for Hurricane\u200b Idalia<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/7\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/desantis-resumes-presidential-campaign-after-pausing-for-hurricane-idalia-5486436\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Initially forming over the Atlantic Ocean, Hurricane Lee emerged approximately 1,300 miles east \u200bof the Leeward Islands. It\u2062 began as a Category 1 storm at 5 a.m. \u200dAST on\u200d Thursday\u200c but rapidly intensified to a Category 4 storm by \u20645 \u2062p.m. AST, with maximum sustained\u2064 winds reaching\u200c 130 mph.<\/p>\n<p>The NHC stated in its 5 p.m. AST\u200d advisory, &#8220;Lee continues to\u2063 strengthen at \u200ban exceptional rate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the 11 p.m. advisory, the center\u2063 predicted &#8220;additional strengthening overnight.&#8221; It also mentioned that while fluctuations in intensity are expected in the coming days, Hurricane Lee is anticipated to remain a <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> through\u200d early next week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode post-related-videos\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The NHC highlighted in its forecast discussion that \u200c&#8221;remarkable rates \u2064of\u2064 intensification&#8221; are projected for Hurricane Lee, surpassing typical \u2064model forecasts.<\/p>\n<p>Although Hurricane Lee \u2063is not expected to\u2063 make landfall near the \u200cnortheast Caribbean, the\u200c NHC emphasized the \u2063importance of remaining vigilant as the storm&#8217;s core bypasses the northern Leeward Islands, Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico \u200din the coming days.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">The NHC cautioned, &#8220;Although\u200b there are some indications that Lee might begin a northward turn around \u2062the middle of next week, it is\u2063 still way too \u200bsoon to \u2064focus on specific model\u2064 scenarios that far \u2064out \u200cinto the future,&#8221; in its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/text\/refresh\/MIATCDAT3+shtml\/071459.shtml?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">forecast discussion<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p>Furthermore, Hurricane Lee is expected to create &#8220;dangerous\u200d beach conditions&#8221; along the western \u200bAtlantic through \u2064early next \u2063week.<\/p>\n<p>Starting\u200d Friday, the Leeward Islands will likely \u200bexperience \u2062dangerous \u200bsurf and \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lee-becomes-powerful-category-5-hurricane\/\" title=\"Lee Becomes Powerful Category 5 Hurricane\">life-threatening rip currents<\/a>. These conditions\u200c will gradually extend \u2062westward and northward,\u200b affecting\u2062 Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Turks\u2062 and\u2063 Caicos, the Bahamas, and Bermuda over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will see\u2062 waves\u2062 between 10 and 15 feet (3 and 5 \u200bmeters), so we\u2064 don&#8217;t want anyone on \u2064the beaches,&#8221; warned Ernesto Morales from the National Weather Service in San Juan, Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dimpact and aftermath of Hurricane \u2063Lee on regions like the U.S. East Coast, Atlantic Canada, or Bermuda \u2064by the \u2064end\u2063 of next week \u200cremain uncertain. \u2063However, due to the projected \u2062deceleration of the hurricane over the \u2064southwestern \u2063Atlantic, caution\u200b is advised, and people should \u200bprepare\u200c for <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.\">dangerous surf<\/a> and\u200b rip conditions along most of the \u200bU.S. East \u200bCoast starting \u2062from Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the storm&#8217;s arrival, \u2064the Federal Emergency Management Agency has deployed resources to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands,\u2062 working closely with \u200blocal officials, \u2064according to \u2063the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>Hurricane Lee follows closely\u2063 on the heels \u2062of Hurricane Idalia, which struck Florida&#8217;s Big Bend area as a Category 3\u2064 storm, resulting in extensive flooding and damage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hurricane Lee, the first Category 5 storm of the Atlantic season, has been confirmed by the National Hurricane Center. With sustained winds of 160 mph (260 km\/h), it has reached the highest intensity on the Saffir-Simpson scale. The Miami-based center issued a public advisory at 11 p.m. AST (11 p.m. ET).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":183,"featured_media":2025368,"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-2025367","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\/2025367","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\/183"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2025367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2025368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2025367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2025367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2025367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}