As of 8 a.m. AST, the center of Hurricane Alex was just 50 miles (80 km) south-southeast of Terceira Island, and 105 miles (170 km) east-southeast of Faial Island, in the Central Azores.
Tropical-storm-force winds will continue across the eastern and central Azores this morning, with hurricane conditions expected in the central Azores during the next few hours. Maximum sustained winds are near 75 mph (120 km/h) with higher gusts - a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.
A Hurricane Warning continues for the islands of Faial, Pico, Sao Jorge, Graciosa, and Terceira in the central Azores, and a Tropical Storm Warning for the islands of Sao Miguel and Santa Maria in the eastern Azores.
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