22 August 2015 | 13:05

Hurricane Danny strengthens to category 3 storm

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Hurricane Danny strengthened into a major category 3 storm Friday as it churned in the central Atlantic but forecasters expect it to weaken, AFP reports.


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Hurricane Danny strengthened into a major category 3 storm Friday as it churned in the central Atlantic but forecasters expect it to weaken, AFP reports.

Danny, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, had been upgraded to a category 2 storm earlier Friday and then strengthened further to achieve "major hurricane" status.

It was located about 900 miles (1450 kilometers) east of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean Friday, moving west-northwest at a pace of 10 miles per hour, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said.

"There are no coastal warnings or watches in effect," it said, though it cautioned that "interests in the Leeward Islands should monitor the progress of Danny."

Maximum sustained winds have reached 115 miles per hour, but forecasters expect Danny to enter a "less conducive environment" as it turns west on Saturday and to weaken over the next 48 hours.

But the category 3 designation means Danny now qualifies as a "major hurricane."

Earlier this month, experts predicted that there would be, at most, one major hurricane during the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season.

They also gave a 90 percent chance this hurricane season would be less active than usual, due in part to the dampening effects of a strong El Nino weather pattern.

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