TORONTO – The fourth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season has formed about 2,000 km east of the Lesser Antilles.
Tropical Storm Danny formed as a tropical depression Tuesday. It quickly strengthened over the relatively warm southern Atlantic waters.
Danny has maximum sustained winds of about 85 km/h with higher wind gusts.
The storm is moving west at roughly 19 km/h. However, its path is expected to change to a west-northwest direction over the next two days.
So far the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to Nov. 30, has been a quiet one, which the National Hurricane Center and the Canadian Hurricane Centre both predicted. That’s due to the El Nino which has formed in the Pacific Ocean. During an El Nino season, the global weather patterns tend to suppress the formation of Atlantic hurricanes.
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As of yet, no tropical storm watches or warnings are in effect.
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