Warnings issued for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands as Tropical Storm Karen forms
- National Hurricane Centre reported storm was moving west-northwest at 13mph about 30 miles north of Grenada and 65 miles south-southeast of St Vincent
Tropical Storm Karen formed Sunday morning and is projected to threaten Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, while a yet another tropical wave off the coast of Africa could become a tropical depression as well.
As of 11am, the National Hurricane Centre reported Tropical Storm Karen had sustained winds of 40mph and was moving west-northwest at 13mph about 30 miles north of Grenada and 65 miles south-southeast of St Vincent.
Tropical storm watches have been issued for the US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, including Vieques and Culebra and the British Virgin Islands while tropical storm warnings remain in effect for Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada and St Vincent and the Grenadines as the storm’s projected path takes it into the Southern Caribbean Sea today.
The storm is projected to turn toward the northwest on Monday and then north by Tuesday targeting Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, and then emerge back into the Atlantic by Wednesday.
The storm is not expected to grow in strength in the next two days, and current tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 105 miles.
Farther west, a tropical wave has moved off the African coast in the Atlantic and is expected to become a tropical depression possibly today.