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Tropical Storm Lisa moves toward Central America

Published:Tuesday | November 1, 2022 | 2:02 PM
This satellite image taken at 8:40 a.m. ET and provided by NOAA shows Tropical Storm Lisa under Cuba in the Caribbean Sea, Tuesday, November 1, 2022. Lisa is forecast to make landfall in Central America later in the week as a likely hurricane. (NOAA via AP)

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Lisa strengthened as it pushed across the western Caribbean Tuesday south of the Cayman Islands and was forecast to make landfall, likely as a hurricane, in Central America as early as Wednesday.

The United States National Hurricane Center said Lisa had maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 kph) and was moving west at 15 mph (24 kph).

The centre of the storm was located about 270 miles (440 kilometres) east of the Honduran island of Roatan.

A hurricane warning was in effect for Roatan and the other Bay Islands of Roatan and Guatemala declared a warning for its entire Caribbean coast.

Lisa was forecast to strengthen into a hurricane by early Wednesday when it crosses over or near the Bay Islands and approach Belize later in the day.

Meanwhile, the hurricane centre said new Tropical Storm Martin was forming far out in the open Atlantic.

It was centred about 550 miles (885 kilometres) east-northeast of Bermuda with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 kph).

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