Miami (USA)
Strong waves and the probability of surf currents begin to affect the Lesser Antilles on Monday as part of the effects of the powerful and extensive Hurricane Larry, which is advancing northwest across the Atlantic, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in the United States.
These cyclone impacts, of category 3 on the Saffir Simpson scale, out of a total of 5, will also arrive in the coming hours in the Greater Antilles, the Bahamas and Bermuda.
The Miami-based NHC also warned of risks of dangerous waves and surf currents on Wednesday off the east coasts of the U.S. and Canada.
The system is located this Monday about 1,150 kilometers (715 miles) east of the Leeward Islands and about 1,630 kilometers (1,015 miles) southeast of Bermuda.
Larry today features maximum winds of 195 kilometers per hour (120 miles), with stronger gusts, and moves northwest about 17 kilometers per hour (10 miles).
NHC meteorologists predict that this movement will continue until Wednesday and then take a turn to the northwest on Thursday.
There may be some fluctuations in intensity over the next few days and from then on meteorologists forecast a gradual weakening.
Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 110 kilometers (70 miles) from the center and up to 280 kilometers (175 miles) with tropical storm force.
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicts that the current cyclonic season in the Atlantic was above average.
So far this year, four hurricanes have formed in the Atlantic basin, Henri, Grace, Elsa and Ida, the latter reaching the intensity category 3 of the Saffir-Simpson scale, from a maximum of 5, and caused death and destruction in the Caribbean and the United States.