Hurricane Tammy strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane as it continues to spin across the open Atlantic Ocean.
Hurricane Tammy continues to strengthen as the Category 2 hurricane spins over the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean on a path that could eventually bring tropical storm conditions to Bermuda this weekend.
It's Tammy's next chapter after it slammed into the northeastern Caribbean Islands as a Category 1 storm with hurricane-force winds and heavy rain last weekend.
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What's the latest with Hurricane Tammy?
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As of the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center (NHC), Hurricane Tammy is centered about 515 miles to the southeast of Bermuda and has maximum sustained winds of 105 mph, making it a Category 2 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.
The NHC says Tammy should begin to weaken over the next few days and will likely become a powerful post-tropical cyclone by Thursday.
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Where is Hurricane Tammy going?
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The latest NHC advisory has Hurricane Tammy moving to the northeast at about 13 mph.
A northward turn is expected later Wednesday, followed by a slower motion to the northwest or west-northwest Thursday and Friday.
Even though Tammy is hundreds of miles away from the Caribbean islands, the storm is still producing large waves that are impacting portions of the Leeward Islands, the U.S. and British Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
Those swells are continuing to cause life-threatening surf and rip currents.
WHERE ARE THE LESSER ANTILLES, LEEWARD ISLANDS AND WINDWARD ISLANDS?
Where did Hurricane Tammy make a prior landfall?
Hurricane Tammy made landfall on the island of Barbuda around 10:15 p.m. EDT Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023, with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph.
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Hurricane Tammy made landfall on the island of Barbuda around 10:15 p.m. EDT Saturday with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph.
The region saw gusty winds, angry seas and tremendous rain as the heart of the storm moved by just miles to the east of many of those islands.
High winds continued into early Sunday morning before the late-season hurricane headed northwestward away from the islands.
Hurricane Tammy is smacking the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean as it passes just miles offshore.
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