National Hurricane Center Upgrades Leslie To A Hurricane

Wed, Sep 5th 2012, 02:21 PM

Hurricane-Leslie-SM.jpg The National Hurricane Center has upgraded Leslie to a hurricane, the sixth hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season.

Maximum sustained winds are 75 mph, a Category One hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. It's centered about 465 miles south-southeast of Bermuda, moving north at just 2 mph.

In addition, Tropical Storm Michael has strengthened, now with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph, and it could become a hurricane later today or tonight...

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