Hurricane Lee tracker: Latest path updates as the East Coast braces for ‘life-threatening’ rip currents

In this satellite image provided by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration via NASA, Hurricane Lee continues its slow west-northwest trajectory across the Atlantic Ocean.

Hurricane Lee is expected to make landfall in Canada as a tropical storm, forecasters have said.

Lee is set to hit Nova Scotia, Canada on Sunday, bringing winds and widespread flooding.

On the forecast track, the center of Lee will pass west of Bermuda on Thursday before approaching the coast of New England or Atlantic Canada late this week.

Dangerous surf and rip currents are expected to continue affecting areas around the western Atlantic into the weekend, the National Hurricane Center has said.

Portions of the northern Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Bahamas, Bermuda, and most of the East Coast will be affected throughout much of the week.

It comes as a tropical storm warning has been issued for Bermuda and the US East Coast, with heavy rainfall expected throughout Thursday.

The National Hurricane Center said early Wednesday morning that Lee is now a “very large hurricane” and is producing large swells which will impact parts of the western Atlantic all week.

Hurricane Lee is expected to weaken in upcoming days as it enters cooler waters, the National Hurricane Center has said.

“Despite the weakening that is forecast, keep in mind that the expanding wind field of Lee will produce impacts well away from the storm center,” the center said.

Lee was generating dangerous surf and rip currents for the Lesser Antilles, the British and U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Bahamas, Bermuda and parts of the southeast U.S. coast. Those conditions were expected to soon spread to the U.S. East Coast.

“It remains too soon to know what level of additional impacts Lee might have along the northeastern U.S. coast and Atlantic Canada late this week and this weekend,” the National Hurricane Center said.

A tropical storm warning has been issued for Bermuda and the US East Coast is bracing for “life-threatening” rip currents and dangerous surf as Hurricane Lee continues to chart its path across the Atlantic.

The National Hurricane Center said early Wednesday morning that Lee is now a “very large hurricane” and is producing large swells which will impact parts of the western Atlantic all week.

Swells are affecting parts of the Lesser Antilles, the British and US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Bahamas, and Bermuda, the agency said.

Meanwhile, dangerous surf and rip currents are affecting parts of the southeastern US coast, with conditions forecast to spread north along much of the East Coast and Atlantic Canada over the coming days.

Winds and flooding also are expected to affect Rhode Island, eastern Massachusetts, southeastern New Hampshire and central and coastal Maine this weekend, forecasters said.

The New York Metro Weather account on X, formerly Twitter, had a warning for New Yorkers on Tuesday.

“Hurricane Lee is still not heading for NYC, despite what the clickbait articles and social media videos might be trying to tell you,” a post read.

“Here’s what we can expect as the storm passes by.”