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NHC: Tropical Storm Beryl Could Become Hurricane by Saturday

by Reuters

   Tropical Storm Beryl is strengthening over the tropical Atlantic and
   could become a hurricane by Friday or Saturday, the U.S. National
   Hurricane Center (NHC) said Thursday.

   Beryl is about 1,295 miles (2,080 km) east-southeast of the Lesser
   Antilles in the Caribbean Sea and contains maximum sustained winds of
   50 miles per hour (85 km/h), the NHC said in its latest advisory.

   "The center of Beryl will remain east of the Lesser Antilles through
   Sunday," the Miami-based weather forecaster added.