Tropical Storm Gordon formed in the mid-Atlantic on the morning of Sept. 13, according to the National Hurricane Center.
It is the Atlantic’s seventh named storm for the 2024 hurricane season and appeared two days after Hurricane Francine made landfall in Louisiana. The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through Nov. 30.
Unlike Francine, Gordon poses no immediate threat to land.
As of 11 a.m. ET on Sept. 13, it is still less than 1,000 miles away from the Cabo Verde Islands, off the coast of Africa, and is moving west-northwest at 12 mph.
Tropical storms boast maximum sustained winds of at least 39 mph, and the National Hurricane Center registered Gordon to have 40 mph winds, with winds at least 39 mph extending out 70 miles from its center....
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