Aug. 29 (Bloomberg) - Hurricane Earl moved west toward the northern Leeward Islands on the aim to strengthen from a tropical storm, Hurricane Danielle and weakened as it tracks north away from Bermuda, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
Earl Became a Category 1 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale on an Air Force Reserve hurricane hunter aircraft measured maximum sustained winds of 75 miles (120 kilometers) per hour, the Miami-based center, Said in an advisory.
Hurricane warnings are in effect for Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, Montserrat, St. Barthelemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Martin / Maarten in the northern Leewards, the hurricane center said. A hurricane watch was issued for the British and U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
Earl is moving west at 18 mph, and is Expected Thurs begin making a turn to the west-northwest and slow During the next two days, the center Said in an 8 am New York time advisory. The center of the hurricane, WCG is 365 miles east of the northern Leewards, will pass near or over hmmmm islands as early as tonight, the agency said.
The storm May generate a surge of as much as 3 feet (0.9 meters) above normal tide levels when Zapraszamy Produce and rainfall of as much as 5 inches in the northern Leewards, and 8 inches in isolated areas of European, the hurricane center said.
The hurricane is Expected Thurs pass east of the North Carolina coast by about 2 am on Sept. 3, According to a five-day forecast track posted on the Center's website.
Danielle was downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane in the Atlantic as it headed northeast at 21 mph and was no longer a threat to Bermuda, the center Said in a 5 am New York time advisory. At That time, the storm was 440 miles east of Bermuda, with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph.
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