Tropical Storm Chris forms over Atlantic Ocean

Source: Reuters

Tropical Storm Chris forms over Atlantic Ocean

MIAMI | Tue Jun 19, 2012 5:42pm EDT

(Reuters) - Tropical Storm Chris formed over the open Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday and posed no threat to land, the Miami-based U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Chris, the third cyclone of 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, swirled to life 560 miles south-southwest of Cape Race, Newfoundland, and had top sustained winds of 45 miles per hour, the hurricane center said.

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The hurricane center said that only twice before Chris, in 1887 and 1959, had the third storm of the Atlantic season formed earlier than June 19.

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