Tracking Hurricane Lee: What is the path of the monster storm?
A storm that has now intensified to a Category 5, is "rapidly strengthening" as it stirs through the Caribbean, the US National Hurricane Center reported on Thursday.
Forecasters report that the storm could reach its peak by this weekend and is expected to be a vicious hurricane over the southwestern Atlantic by next week.
Where is Hurricane Lee heading?
AccuWeather meteorologist Bernie Rayno told USA Today, "Right now, the area in the United States that really needs to pay attention includes locations from the Outer Banks of North Carolina up to the Northeast."
Where will hurricane Lee make landfall?
There a few possible scenarios,
One theory involved a cold front coming off the East Coast that could trap Lee and push it north against the coastline, bringing potentially stormy weather to areas along the coast.