Havana, Oct 29 (AFP) Tropical Storm Philippe formed overCuban skies and is on a path to strike south Florida, Cubanand US meteorologists said.
The Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) said thestorm was about 80 kilometres north of Havana at 0001 GMTtoday, moving north at 28 miles per hour with maximumsustained winds of 40 miles per hour.
On the forecast track, Philippe's centre will swiftlycross the Straits of Florida, "and move across the FloridaKeys or the southern tip of the Florida peninsula overnight,and across the northwestern Bahamas Sunday morning," the NHCsaid.
The Hurricane Center also warned that brief tornadoeswere possible across portions of South Florida.
Rain-soaked Florida was pummeled by Hurricane Irma inAugust, and Tropical Storm Emily in July.
Cuban Civil Defense earlier warned citizens of a storm --at the time a tropical depression -- bringing strong wind andheavy rain, and causing large ocean swells.
"Since it is a weak system its center is not important,"the Institute of Meteorology (Insmet) said, but warned ofheavy rain from the western state of Matanzas to central Cuba.
(AFP)AJR.
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