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Tropical Storm Dorian becoming less organized in the Atlantic, Flossie strengthening

NASA's Aqua satellite captured this infrared image of Tropical Storm Dorian. The strongest storms and heaviest rains are around the centre.
NASA's Aqua satellite captured this infrared image of Tropical Storm Dorian. The strongest storms and heaviest rains are around the centre. NASA JPL/Ed Olsen

MIAMI – Tropical Storm Dorian is becoming less organized as it moves across the Atlantic, far from land.

The storm’s maximum sustained winds early Friday are near 85 km/h and the U.S. National Hurricane Center says the storm is expected to begin slowly weakening over the next day or so.

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Dorian is centred about 2,290 km east of the northern Leeward Islands and is moving west-northwest near 32 km/h.

Meanwhile in the Pacific, Tropical Storm Flossie has strengthened a little. That storm’s maximum sustained winds are near 85 km/h. Flossie is centred about 2,640 km east of Hilo, Hawaii, and is moving west near 30 km/h.

There are currently no land threats from either storm.

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