As the rainfall from now tropical storm Harvey continues to pour down on southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana, a new tropical storm is forming over the far eastern Atlantic, the National Hurricane Center said Wednesday. The storm, named Irma, poses no immediate threat to land, the center said in its latest advisory. However, “some strengthening is
forecast during the next 48 hours and Irma could become a hurricane
on Friday,” said the advisory. For now, Irma has maximum sustained winds of 50 miles an hour.
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