Powerful Storm In Atlantic Ocean
September 9, 2009 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
MIAMI: Fred, a powerful storm in the eastern Atlantic, reached hurricane strength late on Tuesday, US meteorologists at the National Hurricane Center said.
At around 0300 GMT Wednesday, the storm was centered about 445 miles (715 kilometers) west-southwest of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands, said the Miami-based NHC.
The storm, only the second hurricane-strength storm of the current Atlantic hurricane season, is moving in a west-northwesterly direction at about 12 miles (19 kilometers) per hour.
Fred is a category one storm, with maximum sustained winds at about 75 miles (120 kilometers) per hour.
This year’s Atlantic hurricane season, which began on June 1 and ends November 30, has seen a handful of tropical storms but just a single major one, Hurricane Bill, which grazed the US east coast and eastern Canada last month.
Powerful Storm In Atlantic Ocean was first posted on September 9, 2009 at 11:54 am.
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