Sunday, August 14, 2011

Tropical Storm Gert Forms in the Atlantic



Yesterday, Tropical Storm Franklin was the only tropical system in the Atlantic. Today, Franklin is gone and a new storm known as Gert has been classified as a Tropical Storm.


Gert is near Bermuda and is continuing to strengthen. As of Sunday afternoon, Gert had winds of 45 mph and was moving to the North, Northwest at only 8 mph.


Right now, the National Hurricane Center is forecasting that Gert will hit Bermuda as a Tropical Storm and will remain a Tropical Storm as it moves to the North, Northeast over next three days.




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