Hurricane Lee downgraded to Category 3
A tropical storm warning has been issued for Bermuda and the US East Coast is bracing for “life-threatening” rip currents and dangerous surf as Hurricane Lee continues to chart its path across the Atlantic.
The National Hurricane Center said early Wednesday morning that Lee is now a “very large hurricane” and is producing large swells which will impact parts of the western Atlantic all week.
Swells are affecting parts of the Lesser Antilles, the British and US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Bahamas, and Bermuda, the agency said.
Meanwhile, dangerous surf and rip currents are affecting parts of the southeastern US coast, with conditions forecast to spread north along much of the East Coast and Atlantic Canada over the coming days.
Forecasters believe Lee will make landfall in Nova Scotia, Canada as a tropical storm on Sunday, bringing winds and widespread flooding to large parts of New England – Rhode Island, eastern Massachusetts, southeastern New Hampshire and central and coastal Maine.
Behind Lee is Hurricane Margot, the fifth hurricane of the 2023 season. Margot is tracking north for now, the NWS reported, but the forecast beyond Friday is “highly uncertain”.
