The first Atlantic hurricane of the season is named Arthur. The cyclonic formation born at the beginning of the week off the east coast of Florida has gained strength and is approaching the coast of North Carolina, where the evacuation order has already been launched for some localities near the Outer Banks, the long sandy strip that attracts many tourists and which in 1903 was the scene of the first flight of the Wright brothers.
The winds have reached speeds of 80 knots and the US National Hurricane Center believes they could increase in intensity. If it makes landfall, it will be the first hurricane to hit the US since 2012. The US hurricane season usually starts on June 30 and ends on November 20, but this is only the third time in 4 years that a hurricane has made landfall. Americans before the XNUMXth of July holiday.
Weather statistics say that the first cyclone worthy of being baptized, i.e. to be identified with a name, forms around July 9 and the first to grow until it turns into a hurricane usually occurs shortly before August 10, the date of It is the beginning of the two months that are meteorologically the most dangerous for these formations, which often associate storms, floods and sea storms with extremely violent winds.
