Hurricane Lee has built up its strength to become the first Category 5 storm of the Atlantic season, with areas in the north Caribbean bracing for swells and rip currents.Located about 1,135km (705 miles) east of the northern Leeward Islands, Lee had winds of up to 260km/h (160 miles per hour) and was moving west-northwest at 22km/h (14 miles per hour), according to the United States National Weather Service.“Lee has become a dangerous category 5 hurricane and further strengthening is forecast overnight,” the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest update late on Thursday.
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