Danielle

AT 4:00 pm the centre of Hurricane Danielle was located near latitude 21.2 degrees north and longitude 53.1 degrees west or about 1,100 kilometres east northeast of the northern Leeward Islands.

Danielle is moving toward the northwest at 28 km/h and this motion is expected to continue with a decrease in forward speed during the next couple of days, said the latest bulletin from the Metereological Service of Jamaica.

Maximum sustained winds are near 140 km/h, with higher gusts. Danielle is a category one Hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Slow strengthening is possible during the next 48 hours.

Fifth tropical storm of season forms in Eastern Atlantic

AT 4:00 pm the centre of Tropical Storm Earl was located near latitude 14.4 degrees north and longitude 32.2 degrees west or about 840 kilometres west of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands.

Earl is moving toward the west at 26 km/h, this motion is expected to continue during the next two days.

Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 65 km/h, with higher gusts. Some strengthening is forecast during the next 48 hours.

Hurricane Danielle and Tropical Storm Earl are not a threat to Jamaica.

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