Say forecastics Tropical storm erinwhich will form in East Atlantic on Monday, the first hurricane of the Atlantic of the season.
The storm formed west of the Cabo Verde Islands off the west coast of Africa and moved west, said the US National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Early models showed that the storm was strengthened into a great hurricane until the end of the week. It is not an immediate threat to the United States, but there is uncertainty about the long -term path.
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From Tuesday at 11 p.m. EDT, the center of Erin was around 1,520 miles east of the North Lee Islands in West Indian Islands with maximum continued winds of 45 miles per hour.
“On the forecast route,” said the Hurricane Center, “the center of Erin will probably move nearby or north of the islands of the North Leaeward at the weekend.
“… the gradual refreshment is expected to begin late Wednesday” and Erin “will probably be a hurricane until late Thursday,” said the center.
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Drone video recordings posted Social media showed the consequences of the flood of the storm in Cabo Verde, a group of islands about 385 miles off the African coast. Local media reported that at least eight people had been killed, and the officials declared a state of emergency when the crews dealt with the damage.
There is uncertainty about where Erin leads after this week, but most models show that the storm in the northwest and north to North and north meteorologists Shane Hinton, Miami meteorologist from CBS, reported.
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The new activity in the Atlantic comes, as parts of South Florida, in which two of the largest school districts live in the USA, begin a new school year. Classes in Broward County Started on Monday, and the students in the neighboring Miami-Dade County will go back to school later a week.
Erin is the fifth well -known storm that developed during the Atlantic Hurricane season that started a little more than two months ago. Last week, Tropical storm dexter Founded in the western Atlantic, but is not a threat to the country. At the beginning of July, the tropical storm Chantal landed on the coast of Carolina and brought and brought Deadly floods to the region.
The Atlantic Hurricane season started in June and runs until November. The main months are August, September and October.
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The Pacific Ocean has already seen six Hurrican This year, including Henriette, who was weakened to a tropical storm on Tuesday and was not expected to have reached land.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, predicted one Over the normal season For the Atlantic basin this year with an expected number of storms named between 13 and 18, of which five to nine could become hurricanes.
A tropical cyclone becomes a tropical storm when its maximum persistent wind speeds reach at least 39 miles per hour. Hurricane are more powerful with continuing winds of at least 74 miles per hour. Hurricane are rated in a scale from category 1 to category 5, which is the hardest evaluation. A storm is considered a great hurricane when it reaches the strength of category 3 with persistent winds of at least 111 miles per hour.
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