Tropical storm Joaquin forms, Hurricane Marty downgraded
Miami
A new tropical storm, Joaquin, has formed in the Atlantic, on a path toward possible landfall in the eastern United States by the weekend, forecasters said Tuesday.
At 0900 GMT, Joaquin was located 385 miles (620 kilometers) northeast of the Bahamas, with maximum sustained winds of 40 miles (65 kilometers) per hour, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
The NHC said that the trajectory of the storm could take it gradually toward the northwest, and eventually near the southern US states of North Carolina and Virginia.
Joaquin is the 10th storm of the current Atlantic hurricane season, which began in June and ends in November.
Meanwhile, another storm, Marty, which had reached hurricane force at its peak, was downgraded to a tropical storm Tuesday as it churned in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexican resort town Acapulco.
On Monday, Marty's downpours and heavy rains prompted authorities to shutter schools, sending some 200,000 students home.
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