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Philippe makes landfall in Barbuda, expected to become Category 1 hurricane later this week

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Tropical Storm Philippe made landfall in Barbuda on Monday evening about 6 p.m. with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph.

The storm is expected to become a Category 1 hurricane later this week with top winds of 75 mph.

The storm is moving northwest at 7 mph with tropical-storm-force winds extended out 175 miles.

The NHC said that Philippe’s ...Read more

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Philippe is expected to become Category 1 hurricane this week; Rina has dissipated

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Tropical Storm Philippe is expected to become a Category 1 hurricane later this week with top winds of 85 mph, while a downgraded Rina is now a remnant low.

As of 2 p.m. Eastern time Monday, Philippe was located about 55 miles east-southeast of Barbuda, moving northwest at 7 mph. Its maximum sustained winds were holding steady at 50 mph, with ...Read more

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Philippe to become Category 1 hurricane this week; Rina to dissipate

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Tropical Storm Philippe is expected to become a Category 1 hurricane later this week with top winds of 85 mph, while a downgraded Rina is expected to dissipate Monday.

The two neighboring tropical systems had interacted last week in an uncommon phenomenon in the Atlantic. The Fujiwhara Effect is a binary interaction where two tropical cyclones ...Read more

Tropical Storm Philippe inches closer to Caribbean, but expected to turn as Rina fizzles

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Tropical Storm Philippe continues to move west toward the Caribbean’s northern Leeward Islands that could prompt tropical storm warnings or watches on Sunday while Tropical Storm Rina is expected to fall apart, according to the National Hurricane Center.

As of 11 a.m., Philippe was located about 180 miles east of Guadeloupe and 230 miles east...Read more

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Philippe to become Category 1 hurricane; Rina to dissipate early next week

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Neighboring Tropical Storm Rina and Tropical Storm Philippe are continuing to interact this weekend, with Philippe expected to become a Category 1 hurricane and steer a weakening Rina to the northwest.

The phenomenon of two tropical systems interacting is not a common one in the Atlantic.

Tropical Storm Rina was ...Read more

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Tropical storms Philippe and Rina are lined up. What's next? See the forecast track

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Tropical storms Philippe and Rina continued to make their way through the Atlantic, but forecasters don’t anticipate Florida to be affected, according to Friday’s 5 p.m. Eastern time advisory from the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

The positioning of the two storms has forecasters pondering the possibility of the two storms merging.

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Tropical storms Philippe and Rina are lined up. What's next? See the forecast track

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Tropical storms Philippe and Rina continued to make their way through the Atlantic, but forecasters don’t anticipate Florida to be affected, according to Friday’s 11 a.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

The positioning of the two storms has forecasters pondering the possibility of the two storms merging.

Here’s what...Read more

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Tropical Storms Rina, Philippe may interact, causing uncertainty in strength, path

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Forecasters are uncertain of what the next few days hold for both Tropical Storm Rina, which formed Thursday morning in the central Atlantic, and Tropical Storm Philippe as they may interact.

It is unclear how Tropical Storm Rina’s intensity and track forecast could be affected because of its close proximity to Tropical Storm Philippe, which ...Read more

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Tropical Storm Rina forms; Tropical Storm Philippe drifts northwest

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Tropical Storm Rina formed in the central tropical Atlantic Thursday morning, just southeast of Tropical Storm Philippe.

Meanwhile, Philippe is expected to drift for the next few days as it nears the Caribbean, though it may curve and skirt that boundary.

Rina was located about 1,190 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands, moving north-...Read more

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New system expected to form Thursday or Friday as Philippe drifts northwest

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Tropical Storm Philippe is expected to drift for the next few days as it nears the Caribbean, though it may curve and skirt that boundary. Following to the east, a second system is forecast to become a either a tropical depression or Tropical Storm Rina on Thursday or Friday, forecasters said.

The National Hurricane Center expects some slight ...Read more

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Philippe slightly stronger as it approaches Caribbean; potential for Tropical Storm Rina increases

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Tropical Storm Philippe strengthened slightly Wednesday morning as its trajectory shifted a bit south, bringing its potential path closer to the Caribbean. Following to the east, a second system is highly likely to strengthen into a tropical depression, or eventually Tropical Storm Rina.

The National Hurricane Center expects some slight ...Read more

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Potential for Tropical Storm Rina to form; Philippe weakens as it approaches Caribbean

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A tropical depression or potentially Tropical Storm Rina is likely to form in about a day in the central tropical Atlantic not far behind a weakening Tropical Storm Philippe as the latter makes its way toward the eastern Caribbean.

Storm-shredding wind shear and dry air are forecast to weaken Philippe this week as it moves west to west-...Read more

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Philippe pivots toward eastern Caribbean; another tropical depression likely to form off Africa

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Tropical Storm Philippe path is pivoting west toward the eastern Caribbean, but is hampered by wind shear. Meanwhile, off Africa, a tropical depression is likely to form within days, and follow not far behind Philippe.

Philippe, which is expected to gradually weaken this week, was located about 850 miles east of the far eastern Caribbean, ...Read more

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Tropical depression may form within days as Philippe pivots toward eastern Caribbean

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Tropical Storm Philippe is now pivoting more generally toward the eastern Caribbean, while a tropical depression is likely to form within days from a system in the Atlantic not far behind Philippe.

National Hurricane Center forecasters said Tuesday that the system off Africa, which is headed west-northwest toward the central tropical Atlantic, ...Read more

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Tropical Storm Philippe weakens; odds increasing for system off Africa to develop

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Tropical Storm Philippe weakened slightly Monday afternoon ahead of its projected northwest turn in the open waters of the Atlantic, and a tropical depression is likely to form from a system that is not far behind Philippe.

Showers and thunderstorms associated with a system off Africa increased Monday night, and forecasters expect it to develop...Read more

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Tropical Storm Phillipe to head northwest; new tropical depression to form

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National Hurricane Center forecasters are monitoring a trio of systems including Tropical Storm Philippe, a system off Africa that is likely to become a tropical depression by midweek and a low-pressure system that emerged Sunday in the Gulf of Mexico.

The system off Africa is likely to be a tropical depression within the next few days as it ...Read more

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Tropics teeming with 3 systems, including Philippe and one in Gulf

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National Hurricane Center forecasters are monitoring a trio of systems including Tropical Storm Philippe, a system off Africa could become a tropical depression by midweek and a low-pressure system that emerged Sunday afternoon in the Gulf of Mexico.

The system off Africa could become a tropical depression in the next few days as it moves west-...Read more

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Remnants of Tropical Storm Ophelia soaks New York area with heavy rain

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What remained of Tropical Storm Ophelia brought heavy rain and above average winds to the tri-state area Sunday, as the National Weather Service warned of potential flash floods.

Ophelia made landfall in North Carolina on Saturday as a tropical storm but quickly lost strength as it moved up the East Coast. By Sunday morning, its sustained winds...Read more

Smoke advisory issued through weekend in LA area from Northern California wildfires

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Wildfires burning in Northern California are blowing smoke toward the Los Angeles area, causing unhealthy air levels that are expected to remain through Sunday evening.

The South Coast Air Quality Management District determined wildfire smoke is responsible for elevated levels of particulate matter in the air — PM2.5 — throughout Orange ...Read more

Tropical Storm Philippe forecast to strengthen; Atlantic system may become tropical depression

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Tropical Storm Phillippe is expected to gradually gain strength and a new system that emerged off Africa could become a tropical depression by midweek, according to National Hurricane Center forecasters.

As of 5 a.m. Sunday, Phillipe was located about 1,155 miles west of Africa’s Cabo Verde Islands, moving west at 9 mph with maximum sustained...Read more