, and the trajectory depicted on the National Hurricane Center's website shows it veering north after about five days, up towards Bermuda and away from the Floridian coast. Lee also weakened to a Category 4 from a Category 5, which it reached earlier in the week. The winds churning near the epicentre are still around 150 mph (241.4km/h), however, which is just below the 157 mph threshold for Category 5. It's expected to remain just as strong for the next five days, the graph on the NHC's website shows, but the trajectory seems to remain uncertain — it changed already from last week, when the storm was predicted to batter Puerto Rico by Friday or Saturday. Instead, the massive cyclone veered northward, missing the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico. For all the latest news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US It remains unclear whether it will even hit Bermuda, which appears to be close to the storm's projected path, though the island nation is far enough away that the storm likely wouldn't reach it for almost a week, which is further out than the centre forecasts. Lee is currently about 500 miles (804.7km) north of the Leeward Islands, though horrendous winds are causing surges in the surf and life-threatening rip currents. Those same effects are expected to hit other, nearby islands in the next few days, including Puerto Rico, though the storm itself will miss them. The White House announced on Thursday that resources and assets from the){kind=link}
Hurricane Lee is still a raging Category 4 storm, but debates have sprung up as to whether or not it will batter the US East Coast or not. It’s trajectory is in question
Hurricane Lee is getting closer to the US East Coast, and as it slowly chugs along, the massively powerful Category 4 storm has incited widespread fear among East Coast dwellers.
But it remains uncertain what the actual trajectory of the storm will be or whether it will actually reach the US mainland at all. It’s moving at 13 mph (20.9km/h), and the trajectory depicted on the National Hurricane Center’s website shows it veering north after about five days, up towards Bermuda and away from the Floridian coast.
Lee also weakened to a Category 4 from a Category 5, which it reached earlier in the week. The winds churning near the epicentre are still around 150 mph (241.4km/h), however, which is just below the 157 mph threshold for Category 5. It’s expected to remain just as strong for the next five days, the graph on the NHC’s website shows, but the trajectory seems to remain uncertain – it changed already from last week, when the storm was predicted to batter Puerto Rico by Friday or Saturday. Instead, the massive cyclone veered northward, missing the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico.
For all the latest news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US