Hurricane Lee barreled toward the Caribbean on Friday after intensifying into a dangerous Category 5 storm as forecasters attempted to pinpoint where it will make landfall - if at all.
Lee is packing maximum sustained winds of 165 miles per hour, making it a Category 5 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which is based on a storm's sustained wind speed. Category 5 hurricanes are the most powerful on the scale with minimum wind speeds of 157 mph.If Hurricane Lee makes landfall as a Category 5, it could cause catastrophic damage and destroy a high percentage of framed homes.
Lee is currently in the Atlantic Ocean and about 600 miles east of the Northern Leeward Islands in the Caribbean Sea. Along its current west by northwest path, Lee is expected to move well north of the Leeward Islands, Virginia Islands and Puerto Rico this weekend and early next week.Dangerous surf and rip currents are in the forecast for the U.S. East Coast beginning on Sunday.
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