Miami (USA)
Hurricane Larry, Category 3, maintained its strength on Wednesday by advancing on open Atlantic waters before passing this Thursday near Bermuda and punishing the east coast of the United States with strong waves. Canada.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) located Larry at 8 a.m. Miami (12 noon GMT) about 560 miles (905 km) southeast of the Bermuda Islands.
The fifth hurricane of 2021 in the Atlantic basin has sustained maximum winds of 115 miles per hour (185 km / h), corresponding to category 3 (out of a total of 5), and moves at 10 miles per hour (17 km) / h) in a northwesterly direction.
The trajectory pattern indicates that on Thursday it will turn north-northwest at a higher speed than the current one and will pass through the east of Bermuda, before turning on Friday to the northeast, with a further increase in speed. .
The British Bermuda archipelago is under tropical storm warning and the NHC has advised those with interests in the southern part of the island of Newfoundland (Canada) to stay tuned for Larry’s evolution.
Forecasts indicate that there will be a gradual weakening of Larry’s winds, which currently extend up to 70 miles (110 km) from its center those with hurricane force and up to 185 miles (295 km) from the center those they have tropical storm strength, but without losing the category of hurricane.
The hurricane generated by the hurricane will continue to affect the Windward Islands, the Greater Antilles and the Bahamas, and is expected to reach the east coasts of the US and Canada tonight, which could cause dangerous currents and hangovers.
With regard to the weather disturbance located in the Gulf of Mexico and expected to advance through the southeastern U.S. before leaving the Atlantic, the NHC raised to 50% the chances of it becoming a cyclone, both in the forecast for the next 48 hours as for five days view.
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, 5 hurricanes have formed in the Atlantic basin, Henri, Grace, Elsa, Ida and Larry.
Iada reached the intensity category 3 of the Saffir-Simpson scale, of a maximum of 5, and caused great damage to the Caribbean and the United States. In the US it is estimated that half a hundred people died as a result of Ida.