hurricane igor gains strength in the atlanta. bill karecar karins has the lat. the storm is going to head to bermuda sunday night. it s a huge storm. it s not as intense as it once was. this storm is very large in size. it s texas big. it s going to bring wind and waves to bermuda today. itis not going to hit until tomorrow night. the area in orange is the wind field. it s huge. it s going to make its way to per buddha. the swells will be on the east coast of the united states. the rip current will be high saturday and on sunday. let s take a look at the forecast from the national hurricane center. it s going to a major hurricane, a category 3 tonight, during the day tomorrow. as it approaches bermuda, a category 3 or category 2 hurricane. it s enough to do significant
hurricanes out in the atlantic. karl is coming through mexico and the bay of campeche this could go into a hurricane once again tomorrow. mexico could get hit twice by this storm. here is the path, texas, south texas, you like fine. all of the winds will remain south of you. the huge storm is igor. this is a monster storm, not just intense but also huge in size. like the size of texas big. this storm is like a turtle out there in the atlantic. barely moving. only going 8 miles per hour. it will take another four days to get to bermuda. we will watch this thing spin and churn the water up. the only thing that is in doubt is how strong it will be and devastating it will be for bermuda. as for now, it is scheduled to go right over the top of the island as a category 3 or 2 hurricane. that will do significant damage. for the east coast it just means big waves. a lot of rain up in michigan