MIAMI (AP/WSVN) — Tropical Storm Philippe is pushing away into the open Atlantic, easing conditions in Florida and the Bahamas.
The National Hurricane Center says the storm’s center was about 250 miles (405 kilometers) northeast of Freeport in the Bahamas Sunday afternoon and it was speeding east-northeast at 46 mph (74 kph).
Remnants Of #Philippe Advisory 9: Philippe Dissipates Over the Western Atlantic. This is the Last Advisory. https://t.co/VqHn0uj6EM
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) October 29, 2017
The storm had maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 kph).
High winds from the NNW roughing up the seas today. Seas could get up to 9 to 10 feet today @wsvn @7weather pic.twitter.com/9EpeCauRWX
— Miss Chavis (@karlenechavis) October 29, 2017
Saturday afternoon, Florida Power and Light said a tornado touched down near Southwest 97th Avenue and Bird Road in Southwest Miami-Dade, leaving between 3,000 and 4,000 customers without power. As of 5:30 p.m., about 100 customers were still without electricity.
Philippe is expected to become a post-tropical cyclone by tonight and be absorbed by a large extra-tropical low on Monday.
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