Yeah sad to see that Islands are too often forgotten ... Yes they are land and people live on it by the way :)
And Lorenzo is now the most intense hurricane ever recorded so far east (~ 40° W) in the Atlantic. Last one was hurricane Helene in 1988. But it reached the same intensity 400 miles west of current lorenzo position and much more south! Julia in 2010 reached its peak intensity on 33°W, 115 knots windspeed.
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Lorenzo peak intensity was reached on Friday 27th around 09:00 UTC:
Minimal pressure : 937 Hpa.
Wind: 145 mph or 126 kts or 233 km/h.
Gusts: up to 173 mph or 150 kts or 278 km/h.
Lorenzo should be downgraded as a cat 1 hurricane before it reaches Acores islands. Impacts on the region are still expected to be intense and dangerous.
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It's been 3 years hurricanes have been breaking records in the Atlantic basin... Irma, Maria, Dorian, Lorenzo...I'm not sure it's a coincidence.
As forecasted, hurricanes are becoming more powerful, they form earlier next to Africa and then affect directly Europe. It's crazy.
