{"id":2026353,"date":"2023-09-08T20:22:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T00:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hurricane-lee-increases-to-powerful-category-5\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T20:23:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T00:23:27","slug":"hurricane-lee-increases-to-powerful-category-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hurricane-lee-increases-to-powerful-category-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Lee now a devastating Category 5 storm."},"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\">16<\/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-increases-to-powerful-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=2026353&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 class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This satellite image provided by the National Oceanographic\u200b and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Lee, right, in the Atlantic Ocean on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, at \u200d4:50 p.m. EDT. (NOAA via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/james-meyers\">James\u200b Meyers<\/a><br \/>5:07 PM \u2013 Friday, September 8, 2023<\/p>\n<p><h2>Hurricane Lee Upgraded to Category 5 Storm<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lee?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lee<\/a>&#8216;s life story, \u200cChapter 1:  From \u2063African easterly wave to sudden extreme intensification into a \u200dCategory 5 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/hurricane?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#hurricane<\/a> (wait for it) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1EWakTRkBe\">pic.twitter.com\/1EWakTRkBe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stu Ostro (@StuOstro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StuOstro\/status\/1700165348920525150?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><h3>Breaking News: Hurricane Lee Reaches Category 5 Status<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>According to a Hurricane Hunter in the Air Force Reserve, the hurricane increased to the high end of the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, with winds reaching 160 miles per hour. <\/p>\n<p>According to the NHC, the massive storm is expected to go through the west and northwest, hitting \u2063the northern Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico over the next five\u2063 days. <\/p>\n<p>However, experts claim Lee will drop back down to Category\u200b 4 status, \u200dwhich would still \u2063keep it as a major hurricane for the\u2062 potential of disastrous\u200b damage. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cAlthough there are some indications that Lee might begin a northward turn \u200daround the middle of \u200bnext week, it is still way too soon to focus on specific model scenarios that far out into the future,\u201d NHC said. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Additionally, computer models are determining that the storm could make a direct impact over the \u2062Mid-Atlantic, New England and Canada.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cDangerous surf and life-threatening \u2064rip currents are \u2062likely in the northern Leeward Islands beginning Friday. These conditions will spread westward and northward, affecting \u2063Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, the Turks and Caicos, the Bahamas, and Bermuda \u200bthrough \u200dthe weekend,\u201d the NHC\u200d said. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIt is way too soon to know what level of impacts, if\u200b any, Lee might have along the U.S. East Coast, Atlantic Canada, or Bermuda late next week, particularly since the hurricane is\u2064 expected to slow down considerably over the southwestern Atlantic,\u201d NHC said in another message.\u201dRegardless, dangerous surf and rip currents are expected along \u2064most of the U.S. East Coast beginning Sunday. Continue to monitor updates\u200c to Lee\u2019s forecast during the next several days.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June to the end of November \u2062and Lee is the first Category \u200b5 hurricane\u2063 since last season. <\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive \u200dbreaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Following 45th President Donald Trump\u2019s fourth indictment, Black and Latino voters say\u200c they will support him in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>1600 scientists from\u2064 around the world, including 321 from the U.S., have signed the \u2018World Climate Declaration\u201d saying there is no\u2064 Climate \u2063Emergency.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>In an exclusive interview, Kentucky\u2063 Senator \u200bRand \u2063Paul tells One America News that as new COVID requirements are emerging at some schools, there\u2064 is no good science \u200dto support mandatory masks and\u200c vaccines among young people.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A recent\u2064 CNN\u2063 poll \u200dasked respondents who they would choose in a\u200b hypothetical head-to-head matchup in the 2024 Presidential Election.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By\u2062 Yelin\u200d Mo and Brenda Goh BEIJING\/SHANGHAI (Reuters) \u200d\u2013 A new \u2063series of smartphones launched by China\u2019s Huawei Technologies has drawn global\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>(Reuters)\u200d \u2013 PetroChina has acquired\u2062 100% of electric vehicle (EV) charging firm Potevio New Energy Co Ltd in the latest lower-carbon investment\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Munsif \u2062Vengattil BENGALURU (Reuters) -U.S. chip firm Nvidia and India\u2019s Reliance on Friday said they have formed a partnership to create\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By David Lague SYDNEY (Reuters) \u2013 Some technology experts believe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nvidia-indias-reliance-strike-ai-partnership-for-apps-language-models\/\" title=\"Nvidia and India's Reliance join forces for AI apps and language models.\">innovative commercial software developers<\/a> now entering the arms market are challenging the\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) confirms. The satellite image, taken at 4:50 p.m. EDT, depicts the powerful hurricane. 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