Cyclone Erin, her first season in the North Atlantic, was upgraded yesterday to “category 5”-at the highest level of Safir-Simson scale-as her islands approaches Caribbeanthreatening them with floods and landslides.
Accompanied by winds blowing at a speed of 240 km/h, the Erin cyclone is heading to the small Antilles, an area that includes the American and British Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico – American soil that suffered significant catastrophes by the 2017 Cyclone.
According to the United States National Hurricane Center (National Hurricane Center / NHC), the Erin cyclone was about 235 kilometers northeast of Puerto Rico on Saturday night to Sunday, upgraded from “Class 1” to “5” in “Class 5” within 24 hours.
The cyclone is expected to move northwest and approach the Bahamas on Sunday night to Monday before weaken.
Although it is envisaged that it will stay far away from the eastern coast of the US, it is not excluded that large waves may reach North Carolina.
The US Meteorological Service (NWS) has predicted 13-18 tropical storms this year in the Atlantic Ocean, of which about half (5-9) are expected to evolve into cyclones.
Source :Skai
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