Tropical Storm Jose formed near Bermuda today, becoming the 10th named storm of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season.
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The US National Hurricane Center in Miami said Jose was 125km southwest of Bermuda and moving northward over the central Atlantic Ocean. It posed no threat to the US coast or to energy interests in the Gulf of Mexico.
The storm was packing top sustained winds of 65 km/h per hour and little change in strength was expected over the next 24 hours, the centre said.
It said tropical storm conditions were expected on Bermuda, where Jose could dump up to 8cm of rain. But the storm was forecast to lose strength tomorrow before dissipating as it takes a projected north-northeast track further out to sea.
Jose formed as Hurricane Irene, the first hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic season, closed in on New York City after churning its way up the US east coast from North Carolina, where it made landfall yesterday.
Irene was downgraded to a tropical storm this morning as it pelted the New York region with driving winds and rain.
Reuters