The National Hurricane Centre issued a tropical storm warning, which indicates tropical storm conditions are expected within 36 hours, for St Vincent and the Grenadines on Thursday morning, joining Barbados, Martinique and St Lucia. A tropical storm watch — indicating that tropical storm conditions are possible within 36 hours — was issued Thursday evening for Jamaica and portions of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The centre warned that many other islands in the region, including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, should monitor the storm. Tropical storm-force winds Thursday extended up to 90 miles from the storm’s centre, mostly to the north, the Hurricane Centre said. Ana became the first named storm of the season May 23, making this the seventh year in a row that a named storm developed in the Atlantic before the official start of the season on June 1.

Source: bd News24 July 02, 2021 09:33 UTC