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By Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — The Atlantic hurricane season typically reaches its peak this week, but record-warm ocean temperatures are fueling a hyperactive season that experts say shows no signs of slowing. The average hurricane season starts June 1 and runs through November 30, but its statistical peak is on September 10. So far

By Eric Zerkel, Mary Gilbert, Robert Shackelford and Jason Hanna, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Lee grew even larger on Tuesday and triggered a tropical storm watch for Bermuda as the cyclone’s potential impacts begin to come into focus for the island and beyond. Lee, a Category 3 hurricane Tuesday night, was about 515 miles south-southwest

By Holly Yan and Jennifer Henderson, CNN (CNN) — Massachusetts cities devastated by floodwater could face new perils as more rain is on the way and officials wonder whether a “very sensitive” dam in will hold up. Gov. Maura Healey has declared a state of emergency across Massachusetts on Tuesday due to “catastrophic flooding” that

By Eric Zerkel, Taylor Ward and Jason Hanna, CNN (CNN) — Major Hurricane Lee will continue to grow in size after a crucial northward turn midweek which will determine the extent and severity of its impact on the Northeast, New England, Bermuda and Canada. Lee was a Category 3 hurricane on Monday, located well north

CNN By Taylor Ward and Jason Hanna, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Lee was starting to send dangerous surf and rip currents to parts of the southeast US coast late Sunday – and more of the East Coast is expected to see hazardous beach conditions in the coming days as the storm moves up the Atlantic,

CNN By Taylor Ward and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Lee is fluctuating in intensity over the open Atlantic, and the powerful storm could bring life-threatening rip currents and dangerous conditions to beaches up and down the East Coast in the next couple of days. “Dangerous surf and rip currents are expected to begin

By Taylor Ward, Mary Gilbert and Dave Hennen, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Lee has strengthened back into a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph, satellite pictures and data from a hurricane hunter plane indicated Sunday. The powerful storm, which has fluctuated in intensity throughout its time over the open Atlantic, is

CNN By Mary Gilbert and Allison Chinchar, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Lee remains hundreds of miles east of the Caribbean late Saturday, yet forecasters say the storm’s effects may have an impact on the US Atlantic seaboard as early as this weekend. Lee was 285 miles northeast of the northern Leeward Islands as of 11

CNN By Mary Gilbert and Allison Chinchar, CNN (CNN) — Category 3 Hurricane Lee remains hundreds of miles east of the Caribbean on Saturday morning, yet forecasters say the storm’s effects may have an impact on the US Atlantic seaboard as early as this weekend. Lee was just shy of 350 miles east-northeast of the

By Mary Gilbert and Allison Chinchar, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Lee remains hundreds of miles east of the Caribbean late Saturday, yet forecasters say the storm’s effects may have an impact on the US Atlantic seaboard as early as this weekend. Lee was 285 miles northeast of the northern Leeward Islands as of 11 p.m.

CNN By Mary Gilbert and Allison Chinchar, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Lee maintained major hurricane status Friday evening as the powerful storm’s indirect – yet dangerous – impacts were expected to reach the waters of the East Coast as early as this weekend. The hurricane, now a Category 3 storm that briefly strengthened to a

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Lee rapidly intensified at a historic pace into a Category 5 storm Thursday night, adding to a spate of extremely intense hurricanes this year and in recent decades which experts say is a symptom of the climate crisis. Lee is now the eighth Category 5 storm in the

CNN By Mary Gilbert and Allison Chinchar, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Lee weakened slightly into a Category 4 storm Friday morning, following a day in which the hurricane strengthened at a historic pace into a powerful Category 5 rarely seen in the Atlantic Ocean. The hurricane is packing destructive maximum sustained winds of 155 mph

By Mary Gilbert and Allison Chinchar, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Lee maintained major hurricane status Friday evening as the powerful storm’s indirect – yet dangerous – impacts were expected to reach the waters of the East Coast as early as this weekend. The hurricane, now a Category 3 storm that briefly strengthened to a rare

CNN By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Hurricane Lee has strengthened into a major Category 4 storm with maximum sustained wind speeds of 130 mph, according to the 5 p.m. EDT advisory from the National Hurricane Center. “Additional strengthening is expected tonight. Fluctuations in intensity are expected after that, but Lee is forecast to

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Hurricane Lee has strengthened into a major Category 5 storm, packing maximum sustained wind speeds of 160 mph as it spins over the Atlantic well east of the Caribbean, the National Hurricane Center said in an 11 p.m. ET advisory Thursday. Lee, which was a Category 1 storm

CNN By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Hurricane Lee is expected to rapidly intensify in the warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday and will likely become a major storm by early Friday, according to the National Hurricane Center. The Category 1 storm, packing maximum sustained winds of 80 mph as of early

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Hurricane Lee has strengthened into a major Category 4 storm with maximum sustained wind speeds of 130 mph, according to the 5 p.m. EDT advisory from the National Hurricane Center. “Additional strengthening is expected tonight. Fluctuations in intensity are expected after that, but Lee is forecast to remain