BLADENBORO, N.C. (AP) — Weather forecasters say Tropical Storm Kirk has formed in the eastern Atlantic and is moving rapidly westward.
Tropical Storm #Kirk Advisory 3: Kirk Moving West-Northwestward. https://t.co/VqHn0uj6EM
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) September 23, 2018
In an 11 p.m. update, the National Hurricane Center said Kirk was 425 miles (680 kilometers) south-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands, moving west-northwest at 16 mph (26 kph) with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph). Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward from the center up to 35 miles (56 kilometers) to the northwest.
11 pm advisory on T.S. Kirk over the eastern Atlantic. pic.twitter.com/n9wvPwG4he
— 7 Weather (@7Weather) September 23, 2018
Forecasters say it currently poses no threats to land.
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