Tropical Storm Dean forms in Atlantic: NHC

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Source: Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Dean formed in the Atlantic Ocean, midway between western Africa and the Caribbean Sea, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Tuesday.

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The NHC said in an advisory issued shortly before 11 a.m. EDT that the center of Dean was located about 1,030 miles west of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands and about 1,490 miles east of the Lesser Antilles.

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The NHC said Dean could strengthen into a Category 1 hurricane with winds of 74-95 mph in two to three days and a Category 2 (winds of 96-110 mph) or Category 3 (winds of 111-130 mph) storm in four or five days.

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GULF OF MEXICO DEPRESSION POSSIBLE

The NHC said a tropical depression could be forming in the south central Gulf of Mexico.

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