Tropical storm Cindy moving away from land
July 21st, 2011 - 7:55 pm ICT by Aishwarya BhattMiami, July 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Tropical storm Cindy is moving away from land into the open ocean, US weather forecasters have announced. The tropical storm is the third named storm in recent times and it was formed on Wednesday. The storm was located at about 665 miles east of Bermuda and it was traveling at a sustained speed of 40 miles per hour as at 5pm EDT on Wednesday.
The US National Hurricane Center on Wednesday announced that, “The center of Cindy will remain far from land over the open Atlantic.” The formation of Cindy comes just three days following the formation of another named storm Bret.
On Wednesday, the hurricane center announced that the strength of Bret has gone down. The speed of the storm had gone down to 45 mph and it was expected to disappear in 72 hours. The United States is on the alert for a very active hurricane season in 2011.
The hurricane center announced that 2011 hurricane season will have “above normal” storms. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is expecting between 12 and 18 named storms in the United in 2011.
In 2010, the United States recorded 19 named storms and that made it the third most active storm season after those in 1887 and 1995.
- Tropical storm Gert to hit Bermuda - Aug 15, 2011
- Tropical storm Bret forms near the Bahamas, watch in effect - Jul 18, 2011
- Tropical storm Jose spotted in Bermuda - Aug 29, 2011
- Hurricane Katia strengthens into a major category four hurricane - Sep 06, 2011
- Bermuda cancels tropical storm warning as Gert turns to the northeast - Aug 16, 2011
- Tropical Storm Jose passes west of Bermuda - Aug 29, 2011
- Dora weakens to Category 1 Hurricane - Jul 22, 2011
- Tropical storm Sean could soon become a hurricane - Nov 10, 2011
- Tropical Storm Katia forms in the far eastern Atlantic, set to become major hurricane - Aug 30, 2011
- Tropical depression forms in the western Caribbean Sea, heads for Honduras - Aug 19, 2011
- Tropical storm Tomas forms southeast of Barbados, could threaten Jamaica - Oct 30, 2010
- Category four hurricane Hilary could threaten Baja California - Sep 24, 2011
- Tropical Storm Aletta forms far off Mexico's Pacific coast, no threat - May 15, 2012
- Tropical Storm Eugene forms in the Pacific, no threat to land - Jul 31, 2011
- Hurricane Katia weakens to category 3 storm - Sep 06, 2011
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