Cape Verde on alert as Tropical Storm Igor forms

Terra Daily via AFP: Tropical Storm Igor formed Wednesday in the eastern Atlantic and took aim for the Caribbean, prompting the government of Cape Verde to place its citizens on alert. A bulletin from the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said the government of Cape Verde had issued a tropical storm watch for southern islands in the group, including Maio, Sao Tiago, Fogo and Brava.

As of 1500 GMT, Igor was about 95 miles (155 kilometers) southeast of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands, packing sustained winds of 40 miles per hour (65 kilometers per hour) and moving slowly west. "On the forecast track, the center of Igor should pass south of the Cape Verde Islands by tomorrow," the NHC report said, adding that "slow strengthening" would occur in the coming days….

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