Tropical Storm Laura No Threat to Land
Posted on: Wednesday, 1 October 2008, 09:00 CDT
Tropical Storm Laura was over cold North Atlantic waters east of Newfoundland Wednesday morning and expected to pose no threat to land, U.S. forecasters said.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami said at 5 a.m., the storm was about 295
miles east-southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland, moving north-northeast near 16 mph.
The forecast track projects it will turning east south of Greenland and pass south of Iceland by Saturday.
Sustained winds had decreased to near 45 mph and the report said the 12th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season was expected to lose tropical characteristics Wednesday.
Shipping interests were monitoring Laura, as tropical storm force winds extend up to 230 miles from the center, the center said.
Source: United Press International
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