San Juan, Puerto Rico (AP) – Erin has become a category 3 hurricane in The Caribbean Early on Saturday and is expected to strengthen more during the day, the National Hurricane Center reported.
The storm is currently 170 miles (275 kilometers) north-east of Anguilla with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph (195 km / h). It moves to the West North West to 20 MPH (31 km / h).
It is currently not planned to hit land, but strong winds affect the neighboring islands, encouraging forecastists to warn of possible floods and landslides. The NHC said that he was currently expecting Erin to become a category 4 storm later on Saturday, but finally moving away from the continental United States.
Tropical storm watches are in place for Saint-Martin and St. Barthelemy and Sint Maarten. According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
“Locally, considerable flashes and urban floods, as well as landslides or mud shifts, are possible,” said the NHC.
Michael Lowry, a hurricane specialist and storm overhang expert, said that Erin should possibly take a net to the northeast turn that would put him on a path between the United States and the Bermuda.
“All of our best consensual aids show that Ecrin is running safe in the east of the United States next week, but it will be a much closer to Bermuda, which could land on the strongest Erin’s eastern side,” he said.
Erin is the fifth named Storm of the Atlantic Hurricane season, which takes place from June 1 to November 30, but the first to reach the status of hurricanes.
“Erin should explode into a powerful category 4 hurricane while it moves through very hot waters in the open Atlantic.
This year’s season is once again expected to be unusually busy. The forecast provides six to 10 hurricanes, with three to five reaching a major status with winds of more than 110 MPH (177 km / h).
The US government has deployed more than 200 employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other agencies in Puerto Rico as a precaution while the forecasters have published flood surveillance for the entire American territory at the end of the end of Monday to Monday.
Puerto Rico’s housing secretary Ciary, Pérez Peña, said that 367 shelters had been inspected and could be opened if necessary.
The American Coast Guard said on Friday that it had closed six sea ports in Puerto Rico and two in the US Virgin Islands to all incoming ships unless you have received prior authorization.
Meanwhile, Bahamas officials said they had prepared public shelters as a precaution by urging people to follow the hurricane.
“These storms are very volatile and can make sudden changes in motion,” said Aarone Sargent, director general of the Disaster Risk Management Authority des Bahamas.
