Tropical disturbance brews in the Atlantic near Africa
A disturbance in the Central Atlantic could become the first tropical depression or storm of the season. The National Hurricane Center gives it a 50 percent chance of developing over the next 48 hours. At 2 p.m. today it was about 975 miles southwest of the Cape Verde Islands. If it does grow into a storm, it would be named Alex. It also would be a rare tropical event; only one named storm has ...
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Action in the Tropics Picking Up
Columbia, SC (WLTX) -- An area of low pressure about 1025 miles west-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands, near the coast of Africa, is getting stronger and could become a tropical depression in the next 24-48 hours.
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because its about a mystery & the name of the show is 48 hours.
It's the stage before a hurricane. Katrina was a category 4 hurricane, not a tropical depression.