Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Bertha's Impact and Records

Tropical Storm Bertha is still holding strong with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph. She is 360 miles northeast of Bermuda. According to Yahoo! News, Bertha left about 4,000 people without powers on Bermuda... north and south on the East Coast of the United States, we saw dangerous rip currents. According to www.allheadlinenews.com, at least one death due to drowning on the New Jersey shore was associated to Bertha.

Now Bertha has also broken a few records. Here are some of those records:

The easternmost forming tropical storm.
The easternmost forming hurricane.
The easternmost forming pre-August major hurricane.
The longest-lived tropical cyclone in the Atlantic Basin.

We still are monitoring a tropical wave on the Atlantic Ocean... this wave has medium potential for future development.

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