The Nation - News from Aug. 23, 1987

Hurricane Arlene headed toward the cooler waters of the North Atlantic, while Tropical Storm Bret lost its punch and was downgraded to a tropical depression, forecasters said. At 6 p.m. Saturday, Arlene was about 500 miles west of the westernmost islands of the Azores and moving about 20 m.p.h., with reported wind gusts of about 75 m.p.h., said Gil Clark, forecaster with the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Clark said there is no danger of Arlene hitting land. Meanwhile, Bret was reported about 900 miles east-northeast of Antigua in the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean.