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Warmer-than-average water in the Atlantic Ocean could lead to current Tropical Storm Bret strengthening to become the first hurricane of the 2023 season.
As of 5 a.m. EST Tuesday morning, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported the storm system was over the Atlantic Ocean, about halfway between the Lesser Antilles and western Africa, and maximum sustained winds hovered around 40 mph. The Lesser Antilles are an arc of islands in the Caribbean Sea – including Antiqua and Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, Saint Lucia, and Barbados – that stretch from the Virgin Islands south to Trinidad and Tobago.
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Brittney Meredith-Miller
Brittney Meredith-Miller is assistant editor of PropertyCasualty360.com. She can be reached at [email protected].
