The fifth anniversary of Katrina decimating New Orleans has just passed. In a strangely ironic twist, there is one more significant tropical storm building in the Caribbean. Tropical storm Earl is now Hurricane Earl. The storm is hurricane force. The hurricane is building in the Caribbean, and it is now a Category 3 storm. It is thought that North Carolina will be the most likely place for the storm to land, should it hit the United States.
Hurricane Earl is close to Puerto Rico
There isn’t much of a Earl projected path. However, what is definite is that Puerto Rico will very likely be hit soon. There are hurricane warnings in effect for numerous islands, according to ABC, including the islands next to Puerto Rico, Vieques and Culebra. Wind damage was sustained on the island of Antigua, and flooding on several of the Leeward Islands. The Leewards are part of the Lesser Antilles, a large group of islands east of Puerto Rico and north of South America. The U.S. Virgin islands are part of the Leewards. There has already been flooding there due to Hurricane Earl. Hurricane warnings are in effect for the rest of the Leewards also. It is not known what the extent of any Hurricane Earl Puerto Rico damage could be.
Exactly what the risk is there for the United States of America shoreline by Hurricane Earl
The Earl projected path is not entirely clear. That said, it is getting bigger. The storm is on the move. There is a significant chance it could become a Category Four. It isn’t known where it will go next. It’s not known, as outlined by CNN, if it will come anywhere close to the United States. By Labor Day Weekend, there could be some minor fallout from the storm that will hit the shore of North Carolina. It’s predicted that North Carolina will experience large swells, and some ocean currents, however no major damage. That said, Hurricane Earl might change course and smash the East Coast hard. The storm may also completely break up within days.
Danielle reduced
An additional hurricane, Hurricane Danielle, has broken up. It was previously Tropical Storm Danielle. That hurricane will likely result in little more than some light wind or rain. These definitely won’t be the last storms to be heard of. The 2010 hurricane season is not over yet.
Citations
ABC News
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=11514501
CNN
cnn.com/2010/US/08/30/tropical.weather/?hpt=Sbin
