Tropical Storm Dean hits Atlantic Ocean: Gulf of Mexico storm forming later

The tropical storm Dean has now formed in the Atlantic Ocean, the storm has formed midway between western Africa and the Caribbean Sea. The center of the tropical storm Dean was located about 1,030 miles west of the Cape Verde islands, and 1,490 miles east of the Lesser Antilles..

At the moment Dean is moving at about 23 miles per hour, with winds sustain speeds of 40mph. It is thought that the storm will take 3 days to reach a category 1 storm.

Meanwhile the U .S. National Hurricane Center is keeping an eye on the Gulf of Mexico, where it looks as if a tropical depression could form sometime later today.

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It seems that we will have to watch two to three storms now, as the Hawaii could be hit by Hurricane Flossie