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Tropical Storm Fiona Has Formed in the Atlantic Ocean

Posted: Aug 30, 2010 4:07 PM by Melissa Canone

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MIAMI (AP) - The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm
Fiona has formed in the Atlantic Ocean behind Hurricane Earl, which
is battering the northeastern Caribbean.
Fiona formed east of the Leeward Islands on Monday afternoon and
forecasters say a tropical storm wate tmay be required later in the
day.
The storm has winds of 40 mph (65 kph) and is about 890 miles
(1,435 km) east of the Leeward Islands.
Earl, meanwhile, rapidly intensified into a major Category 3
storm on a path projected to menace the United States.

Topics: Tropical, Storm, Fiona, Has, Formed, in, the, Atlantic, Ocean

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