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National Hurricane Center: 'Larry still a large and powerful hurricane'

It's forecast to send big waves to the island of Bermuda.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Once a major storm, Hurricane Larry continues spinning far away from land in the Atlantic Ocean.

It's quite the big system, the National Hurricane Center says, generating big waves across much of the Atlantic Ocean and will continue to do so in the coming days.

As of the 5 p.m. Wednesday advisory, Hurricane Larry is a 110-mph storm moving to the northwest at 15 mph. It is located about 405 miles east-southeast of Bermuda.

It currently poses no immediate threat to land.

Into this week, the island of Bermuda needs to keep an eye on the storm. Some weather computer models, including the U.S. GFS and European models, show the storm moving just off to the island's east — and it is possible it could be quite powerful still. 

NHC says that dangerous surf and rip currents are expected to develop along many western Atlantic shores next week.

There have been 12 named storms, five hurricanes and two major hurricanes (Category 3 or higher) so far this hurricane season. If the season ended today, it would be just below average, but more than half the season remains and then some.

The peak of the season — the busiest time of year — is Sept. 10, with more storms likely in the weeks ahead.

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