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Reuters reports:
Hurricane Teddy has strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane and will reach Category 4 strength on Thursday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory.
The hurricane was located about 820 miles (1,315 km) east of the Lesser Antilles, packing maximum sustained winds of 100 miles per hour (155 km/h), the NHC said on Wednesday.
The National Hurricane Center said at just about 5am, the center of Hurricane Teddy was located approximately 820 miles east of the Lesser Antilles. Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 25 miles (35 km) from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward to about 175 miles.
JUST IN: Hurricane Teddy now a Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds of 100mph, and forecast to become a Cat. 4 later this week, National Hurricane Center says.
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 16, 2020
Sally, Teddy, and Paulette are category 2 hurricanes. Vicky is a tropical storm, and Wilfred could form off the coast of Africa in the next two days. pic.twitter.com/dfE3aN3Hcl
— Kevin Jeanes WXYZ (@KevinJeanes) September 16, 2020
There are currently three category 2 strength hurricanes in the Atlantic Basin (#Paulette, #Sally, #Teddy). That is a pretty rare feat. pic.twitter.com/rZF4vlxUrC
— Andrew Wulfeck (@andrewwulfeck) September 16, 2020
This 6-hour loop shows #Teddy rapidly strengthen from a tropical storm to a category 2 hurricane with winds of 100 mph. #tropics @10TampaBay pic.twitter.com/ROpluSwURO
— Grant Gilmore WTSP (@GrantWTSP) September 16, 2020