Category 4 Hurricane Irene Buffett North Caribbean Islands, but it is not expected to reach Earth
San Juan, Puerto Rico (AP) – Hurricane Erine exploded in force and became a large storm in the Atlantic waters north of Caribbian on Saturday, as he was walking quickly from a tropical storm in one day and brought heavy rains and strong winds to the islands in the area.
The first Atlantic Hurricane of 2025 arrived, Irene reached a state of 5 before somewhat weakened it and becomes a 4 -category storm, with the maximum sustainable wind of 140 miles per hour (220 km), according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Late at night, the center informed that Irene was “subject to structural changes”, but it was still “huge” like rain, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands.
The center of the storm was about 145 miles (230 km) northeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and was heading to the west northwest at a speed of 14 miles per hour (22 km per hour). It was not expected that a direct blow to the ground was not expected.
Mike Brenn, director of the Hurricane Center, said that Irene grew into a “very strong hurricane”, where his wind gained 60 miles per hour (96 kb) in about nine hours.
The predictors expected that he will remain a major hurricane next week.
Erine is close to the ground to operate floods, landslides
The storm center is expected to pass north of Puerto Rico, according to the National Hurricane Center. However, he said that heavy rains in some areas can lead to floods, landslides and muddles.
The hours of the tropical storm were released by Sant Martin, St. Barts, the Turkish Islands and Kaikos.
The national weather service in San Juan issued a warning on Saturday night for nearly two thirds of Puerto Rico, a warning from the winds of 50 miles per hour (80 km per hour) and urged people to shelter in safe structures. The energy was expelled to about 130,000 customers in the region.
Local population and tourists walked, practicing and marketing as usual earlier in the day in the capital of Portorico. Restaurants were busy, and despite the warnings to avoid beaches, people can be seen in water. Parents prevent their children from swimming.
Sarah Torres and Joanna Corno, who were visiting California to attend a bad rabbit party, said they decided to go to the beach and because the sky was calm.
“The weather looked good, so we went out,” Torres said.
The US government has published more than 200 employees from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other agencies as a preventive measure. The Minister of Housing Puerto Rico Ciarez Perez said 367 shelters were examined and ready to open if necessary.
The officials of the Bahamas also prepared the shelters and urged people to monitor the progress of the storm.
Brennan said that the strong currents that pass can affect the eastern American coast of Florida to the middle of the Atlantic Ocean next week, although the storm eye remains far from the beach.
The “incredible” race from the tropical storm to category 5
Hurricane specialist and storm expert Michael Lori said that Erine gained power at a pace “I do not believe for any time, not to mention August 16.”
Lori said only four of the 5 -year -old hurricanes were recorded in the Atlantic Ocean or before August 16.
The strongest storms tend to be composed later in the year, as the hurricane season usually rise in mid -September.
In October 2005, Hurricane Wilma moved from a tropical storm to 5 category in less than 24 hours, according to the consultants of the National Hurricane Center from that time. Weak Walla to a 3 -category Hurricane before Florida beaten. In October 2007, Hurricane Felix took a little more than one day to move from a tropical storm to category 5.
Including Eren, there were 43 hurricanes that reached the fifth category registered in the Atlantic Ocean.
“It is definitely rare, although this would represent the fourth year in a row that we had one in the Atlantic Basin,” said Bedinovsky. He said that the conditions needed for hurricanes to reach this force include very warm ocean water, little or with no wind cutting and away from the ground.
The high temperature of the climate associated with storms is faster
Scientists have a rapid condensation of hurricanes in the Atlantic Climate Change. Global warming causes the weather to keep more water vapor and swing in ocean temperatures, and the warmer water gives hurricane fuel to launch more rain and boosts more quickly.
Storms that increase the complexity of meteorological doctors and make it difficult for government agencies to plan emergency situations. Hurricane Eric, the Pacific Storm that achieved land on June 19 in Oakaka, Mexico, rapidly strengthened, doubled in intensity in less than one day.
Eren is the fifth storm of the “Atlantic Hurricane Season”, which lasts from June 1 to November 30, and is expected to be unusually busy. It is expected from six to 10 hurricanes this season, including three to five times that reach a large position with winds of more than 110 miles per hour (177 km per hour).
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