Another Hurricane Possible
<i> Associated Press</i>
MIAMI —
Georges, the seventh tropical storm of the Atlantic season, formed Wednesday in the eastern Atlantic and was expected to grow into a hurricane.
The storm was hundreds of miles west-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands and moving west at nearly 20 mph.
Georges had wind blowing at 40 mph, barely over the minimum tropical storm strength of 39 mph.
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