20 p.m. ET). Sam is simply a almighty Category 4 tempest but it poses nary menace to onshore arsenic it loops northward successful the Atlantic, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. (NOAA via AP)

This outer representation provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Sam, conscionable close of center, successful the Atlantic Ocean, Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, astatine 1920 Zulu (3:20 p.m. ET). Sam is simply a almighty Category 4 tempest but it poses nary menace to onshore arsenic it loops northward successful the Atlantic, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. (NOAA via AP)

MIAMI – Beachgoers on the eastbound seashore of the United States should beware of life-threatening surf and rip currents this play arsenic Hurricane Sam turns northward, the National Hurricane Center said Wednesday.

Forecasters expect the Category 4 hurricane to stay astatine sea, but with apical winds of 130 mph (215 kph), it's already sending unsafe water swells to islands hundreds of miles (kilometers) away.

“Right present we're not forecasting it to marque landfall implicit immoderate coastal locations, but it's surely a large hazard for ships astatine sea, and again those swells are impacting a ample country of the occidental Atlantic,” National Hurricane Center elder specializer Richard Pasch said.

Sam was located astir 455 miles (730 kilometers) eastbound of the bluish Leeward Islands, traveling northwest astatine 9 mph (14 kph), the Miami-based hurricane halfway said. Hurricane-force winds were extending outward 40 miles (65 kilometers) from its center, with apical winds expected to turn to 140 mph (225 kph) successful the coming days.

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Forecasters said ample swells are affecting the Leeward Islands and volition dispersed to portions of the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, the Bahamas, and Bermuda by Thursday oregon Friday arsenic the tempest curves northward. Rough surf is expected on U.S. eastbound seashore beaches and Canada's Atlantic provinces by the weekend.

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