Large swells battered the northeast Caribbean on Saturday as Hurricane Lee churned nearby through open waters as a Category 3 storm.
The storm, which is not forecast to make landfall, was located about 350 miles east-northeast of the northern Leeward Islands. It had winds of up to 115 miles per hour and was moving west-northwest at 12 m.p.h. .
Lee is expected to strengthen again on Sunday and Monday, according to the National Hurricane Center. "We are concerned about people and boaters who may underestimate the impacts of this passing storm," said Capt. Jose Diaz of the Coast Guard sector in San Juan, Puerto Rico. "The increase in projected sea states of 10 to 15 feet severely reduces our ability to respond to a maritime distress with the full use of our resources."
"It is way too soon to know what level of impacts, if any, Lee might have along the U.S. East Coast, Atlantic Canada, or Bermuda late next week," the centre said. "Right now, the area in the United States that really needs to pay attention includes locations from the upper part of the mid-Atlantic coast to New England," said AccuWeather meteorologist Bernie Rayno.
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