Karen hit Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, while Lorenzo is not expected to make landfall in any U.S. territories.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's projection for the path of Hurricane Lorenzo as of 5 a.m., Wednesday, September 25.Meteorologists expect this year's fifth hurricane, Lorenzo, to increase rapidly in speed and dangerous potential, while another tropical storm hits Puerto Rico and moves northward.is likely to be a category 3 storm by the end of the week, according to experts from the National Hurricane Center .
Currently, Hurricane Lorenzo is is moving west at a pace of 17 miles per hour with winds sustained at 80 miles per hour, according to the NHC's 5 a.m. update. Its winds can be detected 30 miles from the storm's center, and winds strong as those of a tropical storm are being detected 205 miles away from its center.
Even so, the storm is not projected to make any contact with the United States, but rather turn northwest by Friday, and turn northeast by Monday morning. Experts anticipate Karen to grow stronger after its visit to the Caribbean, and predict its sustaining winds will reach up to 65 miles per hour over the course of the week as it too takes a northeastern turn. That wind speed is still not high enough to classify the storm as a hurricane. The low threshold for that is winds moving at 74 miles per hour, according to the NHC website. Karen's winds are currently moving at 45 miles per hour.
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