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Depression number twelve became this Saturday the tropical storm katiawhich is expected to be short-lived, while Gert resist something strengthened in the midst of Atlanticreported the National Hurricane Center (NHC) of USA
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katia It is located 630 miles (1,015 km) northwest of the cape verde islandsnear the African coast, and presents maximum sustained winds of 50 miles per hour (85 km/h), according to the latest bulletin from the NHC.
The storm poses no risk to Coast zones and is moving in a north-northwest direction at 13 miles per hour (20 km/h).
According to NHC forecasts, katia It will be short-lived and by Sunday afternoon it could degenerate into a remnant low pressure.
For its part, tropical storm Gert It hardly moves but in the last few hours it has strengthened and is now carrying sustained winds of 45 miles per hour (75 km/h), although few changes in intensity are expected from now on.
Located 705 miles (1,130 km) east-southeast of Bermudahe NHC predicts that on Monday Gert could be absorbed by post-tropical cyclone Idaliawhich still impacts that British territory.
idaliawhich on Wednesday entered as a major hurricane through the northwest of Florida and passed through the southeastern US, producing tropical storm conditions in Bermudawhere it is expected to generate up to 75mm of rain over the weekend that could cause flash flooding in parts of this island territory.
according to NHC, idaliawhich is located 55 miles (85 km) south-southeast of Bermudahas chances of becoming a subtropical storm this afternoon.
The winds with force of Idalia tropical storm they extend to about 220 miles (350 km) from their center.
After making landfall at the western end of CubaIdalia made landfall as a category 3 hurricane in the region known as “Big Bend”, a rural area on the northwest coast of Floridaand then hit Georgia and the Carolinas.
Although Idalia did not cause devastating damage after making landfall, it did leave hundreds of thousands of homes without power in these states, and flooded streets and docks with its heavy rains, destructive winds and storm surges.
The President of the USA, Joe Bidenwill visit today the most impacted areas in Florida to assess the damage.
Source: Elcomercio
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