Hurricane Florence churned toward Bermuda on Thursday, packing maximum sustained winds of 115 miles per hour (185 kph), forecasters said.
Florence, a Category 3 storm on a five-step scale, headed for Bermuda, forecast to affect the island’s surf by Friday.
It was too early to say whether the storm would hit land, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
“Swells generated by Florence will begin to affect Bermuda on Friday and will reach portions of the U.S. East Coast over the weekend,” the NHC said. “These swells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions.”
Florence, the first major hurricane of the Atlantic season, was 1,170 miles (1,885 km) east-southeast of Bermuda on Thursday morning.
Florence is expected to weaken but remain a strong hurricane for the next several days, the NHC said.
