Hurricane Lee is anticipated to restrengthen within the coming days, the National Hurricane Center stated Sunday.

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Hurricane Lee is anticipated to restrengthen within the coming days, the National Hurricane Center stated Sunday.

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Hurricane Lee, a strong Category 3 storm, is anticipated to steer nicely north of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands over the subsequent couple of days, the National Hurricane Center stated. But the hurricane is anticipated to collect power and will convey harmful surf circumstances alongside the U.S. East Coast starting on Sunday.

The hurricane, packing most sustained winds of near 110 mph with increased gusts, is already inflicting life-threatening rip currents affecting components of the Lesser Antilles, the British and Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Bahamas and Bermuda, forecasters stated Sunday morning.

Still, no coastal watches or warnings have been in impact on the time.

Lee’s forecast has fluctuated wildly in latest days. It shortly reached Category 5 power over report excessive water temperatures within the Atlantic earlier than being downgraded early Saturday. But it is anticipated to restrengthen over the subsequent couple of days.

A Category 3 storm, thought of a serious hurricane, could cause devastating injury to well-built framed properties, knock down bushes, in addition to minimize off energy and water provide for a number of days.

“It remains too soon to know what level of impacts, if any, Lee might have along the East Coast, Atlantic Canada or Bermuda late next week, especially since the hurricane is expected to slow down considerably over the southwestern Atlantic,” the center said in its 11 a.m. ET advisory on Sunday.

Dangerous surf and rip currents are anticipated to start alongside a lot of the East Coast later Sunday and worsen all through the week as Lee grows in measurement, forecasters stated.