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Mise à jour de ce mercredi 2 août à 8h15:

 

Chris skirts Leeward Islands, may become hurricane

 

MIAMI (Reuters) - The third tropical storm of the Atlantic season strengthened as it skirted the Caribbean's northern Leeward Islands Wednesday and could become the year's first hurricane headed for the Gulf of Mexico later this week, U.S. forecasters said.

At 8 a.m. EDT, tropical storm warnings were up for some of the small northeastern Caribbean islands, the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico and the U.S. and British Virgin Islands.

Tropical Storm Chris' maximum sustained winds strengthened to 65 miles per hour, from 60 mph earlier in the day, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

The hurricane center said Chris could strengthen into a hurricane later Wednesday as it traveled on a path that could take it into the Gulf of Mexico, where it could damage U.S. oil and gas facilities. It would become a hurricane if its sustained winds reach 74 mph.

The waters of the Gulf are particularly warm, as they were last year when they helped Hurricanes Katrina and Rita grow into monster storms that eventually slammed into the Louisiana and Texas coastlines. Warm water fuels hurricanes.

Chris was 65 miles north of St. Martin and moving west-northwest at 10 mph. On that track, Chris' center would stay north of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Wednesday but the storm could drench the northeastern Caribbean islands with 5 to 8 inches of rain.

A tropical storm warning, telling residents to expect storm conditions within 24 hours, was up for Anguilla, St. Barthelemy, St. Martin and St. Maarten, Puerto Rico and the U.S. and British Virgin Islands.

Forecasters have predicted up to 17 tropical storms and hurricanes this year. Last year saw a record 28, including Katrina, the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. It devastated New Orleans and other parts of the Gulf Coast and killed more than 1,300 people.

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