Tropical storm Felix develops in the Caribbean by Kirsty McCabe
Following on from yesterday’s story, the tropical depression that was forming in the mid Atlantic has now developed into tropical storm Felix.
Felix is the sixth named storm of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season, with a maximum sustained wind speed of around 40mph (64 km/h). The storm is located nearly 30 miles (48km) northwest of Grenada and is moving westwards at approximately 18mph (29 km/h).
The US National Hurricane Center has warned that Felix could well strengthen into a hurricane over the next few days, whipping up winds of over 74 mph (119 km/h).
Felix is forecast to move away from the southern Windward Islands on Saturday and pass near the islands of Bonaire, Curacao and Aruba early on Sunday morning.
Meanwhile, on the other side of Mexico, tropical storm Henriette churned along close to the Pacific coastline. Henriette formed on Friday and has triggered warnings of torrential rain with the risk of mudslides for the west coast of Mexico, and is also forecast to reach hurricane status.
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