Second Tropical Storm Of 2006 Brews Off North Carolina Coast

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This satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Tropical Storm Beryl, with 40 mph winds, approaching the US East Coast at 10:45 a.m. EDT on 18 July 2006. Beryl is the second named tropical storm of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season. Photo courtesy of NOAA and AFP.

by Staff Writers
Miami (AFP) Jul 18, 2006
The second tropical storm of the 2006 hurricane season formed Tuesday off the coast of North Carolina, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center reported. At 5 pm (2100 GMT) tropical storm Beryl was located 290 kilometers (180 miles) in the Atlantic southeast of Cape Hatteras, with winds of 64 kilometers (40 miles) per hour.

Forecasters believe the storm will eventually move north-east and away from land, but have nevertheless issued a tropical storm warning for the northern half of North Carolina's coastline.

Beryl is the second Atlantic storm since last year's record-smashing season of 28 named storms, including 15 that became hurricanes.

US weather experts forecast that between eight and 10 hurricanes -- as many as six of them major -- would form in the Atlantic basin during the six-month storm season that started on June 1.

The first Atlantic tropical storm of the year was Alberto, which fizzled out in mid-June one day after its landfall brought heavy rain but none of the destructive power of last year's killer hurricanes.

Source: Agence France-Presse

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