Hurricane Franklin was forecast to being moving away from Bermuda overnight Wednesday. Image courtesy NOAA
Hurricane Franklin was moving away from Bermuda early Thursday, with forecasters expecting the British island territory to get a reprieve from tropical storm force winds in the next few hours.
However, the forecasters state that dangerous surf and rip current conditions will continue along the mid-Atlantic and northeastern U.S. coast. Advertisement
In its 2 a.m. AST Thursday update, the National Hurricane Center said Franklin, which was the first major hurricane of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, was located 170 miles north-northeast of Bermuda. It was carrying maximum sustained winds of 100 mph and moving east-northeast at 14 mph.
A tropical storm warning, meaning tropical storm conditions are expected, was in effect for Bermuda.
“Franklin is moving toward the east-northeast near 14 mph, and this general motion should continued through Friday followed by a turn to the northeast on Saturday,” the forecasters said. “On the forecast track, the center of Franklin is expected to continue moving away from Bermuda today.”
