Sam is the seventh hurricane and 18th named storm for the 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season and is forecast to travel dangerously close to the northeastern Caribbean islands this week.

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NOAA’s National Hurricane Center has issued advisory warnings for Sam, which is currently about 1600kms east south-east of the Caribbean’s northern Leeward Islands. 

The Center’s Hurricane Hunter aircraft found Sam had continued to rapidly intensify and that fluctuations in intensity were likely during the next couple of days. However, analysts say it remains unclear what impact the storm will have on the eastern Caribbean.

“While nearly all of the models continue to strengthen Sam in the coming days, it’s important to realize that this storm is so far out in the Atlantic it will encounter several different steering highs and lows on its trek west,” said Chad Myers, a CNN meteorologist.

Oceanic and environmental conditions across the central Atlantic allowed Sam to suddenly intensify into a powerful Category 4 hurricane with winds in excess of 140 mph.

Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Bahamas and Bermuda will need to watch the storm closely over the next few days and even if Sam stays out at sea, the East Coast of the United States could experience high surf conditions late next week, according to CNN reports.

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Noonsite has not independently verified this information.

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