Tuesday morning, Hurricane Bertha changed its direction. According to CNN, the National Hurricane Center announced that the first hurricane on the 2008 Atlantic season had a change of direction. The center of the storm was about 675 miles east-northeast of the northern Leeward Islands and 1,035 miles southeast of Bermuda.

Experts say the hurricane’s power could decrease within the next days. By Wednesday, the storm is expected to get weaker. Bertha became a Category 3 hurricane on Monday. This means that wind speeds are expected to be between 111 and 130 mph. The maximum sustained winds were near 120 mph, informed The Associated Press.

While Bermuda could be affected by the hurricane this weekend, the United States have very small chances to make contact with the storm.

“It is still way too soon to determine whether or not Bertha will affect Bermuda,” informed the National Hurricane Center, according to CNN.

The tropical storm formed less than a week ago several miles off the western African shores, near the southern Cape Verde Islands. It became a hurricane early Monday.

A hurricane is an extremely powerful storm and, even though the hurricanes’ powerful winds and heavy rains are sometimes devastating, they are also one of the most important mechanisms of the atmospheric circulation. The Atlantic hurricane season ends in November.