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With maximum sustained winds near 125 mph, Kirk was a Category 3 hurricane as of Thursday morning and is forecast to continue strengthening over the next day or so, according to the NHC.
Large swells from Kirk [are] expected to reach the U.S. East Coast by Sunday.” Despite caution being advised, Kirk is forecast to continue weakening over the weekend through early next week.
Kirk expected to become 'large and powerful' hurricane later this week. The final storm being tracked by the hurricane center is Tropical Storm Kirk, which formed Monday morning in the eastern ...
The NHC issued advisories saying that waves from Kirk could create life-threatening conditions in Bermuda and the East Coast of the United States. [31] [32] A red alert was issued in the western group of the Azores as swells generated by a weakening Hurricane Kirk were projected to batter the coastline. Some of the more eastern groups saw ...
Hurricane Kirk is "strengthening and forecast to grow larger," the National Hurricane Center said Wednesday, adding that "Kirk is expected to become a large and formidable major hurricane ...
Kirk was a Category 3 storm in the Atlantic Ocean and could strengthen further, but was expected to remain away from land, the Miami-based U.S. National Hurricane Center said Thursday. Swells generated by Kirk were expected to reach portions of the Leeward Islands on Friday, Bermuda and the Greater Antilles on Saturday, and the East Coast and ...
The major hurricane was about 1,085 miles (1,745 kilometers) east-northeast of the Northern Leeward Islands with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 kph). Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Leslie formed late Wednesday in the eastern Atlantic and could strengthen into a hurricane on Friday, forecasters said. It also was not yet deemed a threat to land.
The hurricane center said Tuesday afternoon that Hurricane Kirk had formed about 1,070 miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands and had maximum sustained winds around 75 mph, making it a Category 1 storm.