BBC News
By Ruth Comeford
September 6, 2023
Hurricane Lee is expected to intensify into an “extremely dangerous” category four storm by the weekend, says the US National Hurricane Center (NHC).
The Atlantic storm became a category one hurricane, packing 75mph (120km/h) winds, on Wednesday afternoon.
The NHC said it was too early to determine whether it might make landfall in the US.
But swells generated by the storm could reach the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico by this weekend.