Lorenzo Will Go Around the Azores

Another  hurricane will approach the region of Portugal. Hurricane Lorenzo will skirt past the Azores later this week as a Category 2 hurricane. Several parts of the islands in the Atlantic were under a hurricane or tropical storm watch as Hurricane Lorenzo inched closer and closer. The Category 2 storm has threatened the Azores for days. Early Monday, it was about 1,160 miles from the islands and packing 110 mph winds. The Azores is a group of paradise-like islands roughly 950 miles west of Lisbon, Portugal. As Lorenzo approaches, it will bring up to 6 inches of rain over most of the western Azores and up to 2 inches over the central Azores. The rainfall could cause life-threatening flooding in the western portion of the Azores. Sao Miguel and Santa Maria are under tropical storm watches as well. Lorenzo's hurricane-force winds currently extend 90 miles outward from the storm's center and its tropical storm-force winds extend 255 miles out. As hurricane Lorenzo moves closer, Portugal’s Azores archipelago is bracing for strong winds, heavy rain and towering waves and the country’s meteorology agency IPMA said there was more than an 80% chance of the storm hitting the mid-Atlantic islands. Western islands of Flores and Corvo are likely to be most affected, as well as the central islands of Sao Jorge, Pico, Graciosa, Faial and Terceira, one of the largest of the archipelago. 

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https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/30/weather/hurricane-lorenzo-monday-wxc/index.html

More Individuals Confirmed Dead in The the Bahamas

It's been almost a week since Hurricane Dorian ravaged the Bahamas. After Hurricane Dorian ends in the Bahama's more individuals were confirmed dead after the tragic storm.  Dorian's death toll in the Bahamas climbed to fifty on Monday as more deaths were reported from the storm that plowed through the country last week. Forty-two individuals were found in Abaco and eight individuals were recovered on Grand Bahama. Last week the death toll was 35 now it has risen to 50. However even if the deaths were confirmed there are still thousands of individuals missing. Rescue workers were going door or door including the U.S Coast Guard helicopters were evacuating critically injured residents. A Bahamas cruise ship ferried more than 1,100 Bahamians to the United States, and Customs and Border Protection delivered food and water by helicopter. They carried as much as water as possibly they could take. On Great Abaco, the storm's devastation was evident in wrecked boats, flattened homes and downed power lines. 70,000 individuals are homeless. There is no power or running water. Aid is arriving slowly on the island of Grand Bahama, where Dorian parked for almost two days and caused damage one usually witnesses in a war zone. 

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/hurricane-dorian-grows-deadlier-more-fatalities-confirmed-bahamas-n1051766