Tropical Storm Karen Path: Storm Headed For U.S.
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Tropical Storm Karen is hurtling towards the Gulf Coast and is expected to make landfall Saturday night or early Sunday. Karen, the 11th named storm of the hurricane season and the 12th tropical cyclone, formed near between Cuba and the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico and is currently moving over Mexico.
The disturbance has been brewing for a few days, but the closed-circulation of the tropical storm was not confirmed until Thursday morning, when it was recognized by an Air Force reconnaissance mission.
As of 8 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, Karen was 500 miles south of the Mississippi River and was moving northwest at 13 miles per hour with winds of 60 miles per hour. There is a “near 100%” chance Karen will be upgraded to a hurricane, a designation that requires a minimum wind speed of 74 miles per hour, before she makes landfall. However, winds are not currently predicted to get much stronger than that.
Karen is expected to strike the Gulf Coast and continue moving north and east. Despite the strong winds expected to hold across the Gulf of Mexico, the storm is predicted to weaken as it moves across the mainland. Karen is projected to reach the Carolinas with rain and 30-mile-per-hour winds by Monday, having moved across Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia. It is slated to reach New York with 25-mile-per-hour winds on Tuesday via Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Maryland.
Hurricane watches have been posted from Grand Isle, La. to Indian Pass, Fla. Tropical storm warnings have been posted from Grand Isle to Morgan City, Louisiana, New Orleans, Lake Pontchartrain, and Lake Maurepas.
Tropical Storm Karen Path: Storm Headed For U.S.
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