Tropical Storm Josephine closer to land, Kyle moving away Forecasters say Tropical Storm Josephine is crawling toward islands in the Caribbean while Tropical Storm Kyle is moving away from the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States early SaturdayMIAMI -- Tropical Storm Kyle was moving away from the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States early Saturday as Tropical Storm Josephine continued its crawl toward islands in the Caribbean. Threats to land appeared to be minimal from both storms, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center's 11 a.m. advisories. Kyle was centered 360 miles (580 kilometers) southeast of Providence, Rhode Island, while Josephine was 200 miles (320 kilometers) east-northeast of the northern Leeward Islands. Josephine had maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 kph), forecasters said, and was tracking west-northwest at 16 mph (26 kph), while Kyle was churning east-northeast at 21 mph (33 kph). Before Kyle, the earliest “K-named” storm was Katrina, which formed Aug. 24, 2005, according to Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach.

Source: ABC News August 14, 2020 21:11 UTC