New Tropical Storm Blamed for 2 Deaths
A storm off the southeast coast of the United States gathered just enough strength to become Hurricane Florence, a slow-moving mass of wind and rain already blamed for at least two deaths in North Carolina. Two swimmers died at Kure Beach, N.C., and seven others were rescued from strong rip currents that the Coast Guard blamed on the storm. The storm has barely moved since it formed Monday, and it is not expected to pose any threat to the United States through Friday, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
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