The National Hurricane Center is monitoring two more tropical cyclones growing stronger in the Atlantic on Thursday.
Hurricane Kirk and Tropical Storm Leslie currently pose no direct threat to land, but threaten to bring more rain to regions already reeling in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.
The NHC classifies this system as a major hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 125 miles per hour and a minimum central pressure of 948 millibars.
It’s currently located 515 miles southwest of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands, but there are no hazards affecting land at this time.
Heavy rainfall from this system is not currently expected to affect parts of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia that were hard-hit by Helene.
Persons:
Hurricane Kirk, Tropical Storm Leslie, Hurricane Helene, Kirk, Leslie, millibars, Helene
Organizations:
National Hurricane Center, Tropical, NHC, Northern, Greater
Locations:
Hurricane, It’s, Northern Leeward, Leeward Islands, Bermuda, U.S, East, Cape Verde Islands, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Coast, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia