Monday, September 23, 2019

Hurricane Humberto's Leaves 80% of the Island Without Power

Hurricane Humberto at Bermuda leaves 80% of the island without power.Hurricane Humberto's core has passed its closest point of approach to Bermuda, but its strong hurricane-force winds will continue whipping the island. It is shown that more close to 28,000 customers which is 80% of the territory was left in the dark. The category 3 storm was packing sustained winds of  120mph. The storm's wind has extended up to 80 miles outward from its center. A buoy measured a wave of more than 30 feet  The southern coastal parts of the island are under flood warning threat. Hurricane Humberto could bring up to 6 inches of rain. Swells will continue to affect the northwestern Bahamas and the southeastern coast of the United States from east-central Florida to North Carolina. Large swells will continue to increase, the swells could cause life-threatening and rip current conditions. Humberto is one of three storms drawing attention in the Atlantic basin. Hurricane Humberto is the  second major Atlantic hurricane. Hurricane often do not approach Bermuda. Only 21 hurricanes have passed within 100 miles of Bermuda over the past century, with Hurricane Gonzalo in 2014 the last to make landfall there.




Link to article:
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/18/weather/hurricane-humberto-bermuda-wednesday/index.html

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