MIAMI— Tropical Storm Josephine is slowly moving toward the Caribbean as her sister Kyle moves away from the center of the United States’ Atlantic coast.
The National Hurricane Center reported at 11 am that both storms posed minimal threats to land. Kyle’s eye was located 580 kilometers (360 miles) southeast of Providence, Rhode Island, while the Josephine vortex was 320 kilometers (200 miles) east-northeast of the north of the Leeward Islands.
Josephine had maximum sustained winds of 75 km / h (45 mph), forecasters said, and was moving west-northwest at 26 km / h (16 mph), while Kyle was moving east-northeast at 33 km / h. (21 mph), moving away from the North American east coast. with maximum sustained winds of 85 km / h (50 mph).
Authorities have not issued any threat alerts in the wake of the storms. Josephine is anticipated to cause rainfall of about 3 to 8 centimeters (about 1 to 3 inches) in parts of the Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
The storm season has been extremely active this year and experts expect more named storms in the coming weeks.
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Numerous storms so far this year have set records by occurring earlier than their predecessors for that letter of the alphabet: Cristóbal, Danielle, Edouard, Fay, Gonzalo, Hanna, Isaías, Josephine and Kyle. So far only Hanna and Isaías have become hurricanes.
Before Kyle, the first storm named “K” was Katrina, which formed on August 24, 2005, according to Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach.
Isaías killed two people in the Caribbean days ago. There were other deaths when the storm made landfall in North Carolina and moved down the east coast, sparking floods, tornadoes, fires and blackouts.
Last month, Hurricane Hanna hit the Texas coast with strong winds and heavy rains that caused flooding and blackouts.
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