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Lee has strengthened into a hurricane as it moves over a record-warm Atlantic, with 75 mph sustained winds, according to a 5 p.m. EDT advisory from the National Hurricane Center.
Lee’s maximum forecast intensity of 150 mph is equivalent to the strongest storm in the Atlantic basin this season – Hurricane Franklin – and stronger than any storm so far in the eastern Pacific. If Lee tops 150 mph, it will be the most powerful hurricane to roam either basin this year.
(CNN) — Hurricane Lee is expected to rapidly intensify in the warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday and will likely become a major storm by early Friday, according
Hurricane Lee is expected to intensify further ahead of a precarious and uncertain northward turn that much of the East Coast will have to watch closely.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration unveiled how uncrewed technology, including planes, could help get results in hurricane forecasting.