MIAMI – Fiona has grow to be the very first main hurricane of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season.
Tuesday early morning, Fiona barreled towards the Turks and Caicos Islands as a Group 3 storm.
As of the 5 a.m. advisory, the center of the procedure was about 20 miles southeast of Grand Turk Island.
Fiona had winds of 115 mph as it moved to the north-northwest around 10 mph. It is anticipated to bolster over the next quite a few days.
It could achieve Class 4 position as it moves back again over the Atlantic Ocean all-around Wednesday afternoon.
“It really is a very effectively-recognized eye,” CBS Miami main meteorologist Ivan Cabrera reported Monday evening.
A Hurricane Warning is in outcome for Turks and Caicos.
A Tropical Storm Warning is in influence for the southeastern Bahamas, including the Acklins, Crooked Island, Long Cay, the Inaguas, Mayaguana, and the Ragged Islands.
Fiona is not envisioned to threaten the U.S. mainland.
