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Tropical depression forms in Atlantic, no threat to land

Thursday, September 28, 2006

by: Margot Habiby

USA (Bloomberg), MIAMI: The ninth tropical depression of the Atlantic hurricane season formed Wednesday in the central Atlantic Ocean, US hurricane forecasters said.

The storm, located about 810 miles southeast of Bermuda, doesn't pose a threat to land, according to a statement issued at 5 pm EDT by the US National Hurricane Center. The depression is moving northwest at about 14 miles per hour, a speed expected to continue for the next day. The storm is forecast to turn to the northeast this weekend.

The storm could become a named tropical storm in the next day, the US center said. That would require its sustained winds -- currently near 35 mph -- to increase to at least 39 mph. If it intensifies into a tropical storm, it will be named Isaac.

All eight of the previous tropical depressions this year have become named tropical storms. The last four -- Ernesto, Florence, Gordon and Helene -- have become hurricanes.

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