The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is tracking two more storms intensifying in the Atlantic Ocean following Hurricane Helen, weather officials said.
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multiple recommendation Watches are in place for Hurricane Kirk and Tropical Storm Leslie, with NHC experts saying Kirk is “intensifying” over the mid-Atlantic, with “large swells” expected to hit the U.S. East Coast by Sunday. He said it could be reached.
Kirk was designated a Category 3 hurricane, with sustained winds reaching 195 miles per hour. It was originally like that forecast It was expected to make landfall in the United States, but “then turned north and then northeast, heading back across the Atlantic Ocean towards Ireland and the United Kingdom.” newsweek.
Although it is no longer expected to land in the United States, NHC officials said: warned Swells generated by the storm are expected to “cause life-threatening wave and tearing current conditions” in Caribbean islands and off the east coast of the United States.
leslieA small storm in Kirk's wake with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph could strengthen into a hurricane as the pair widen as wind shear decreases as it moves.
NHC officials warned Thursday that Leslie was “getting a little stronger.”
