Tropical Storm Irene Expected to Miss Land
From Times Wire Reports
Forecasters said Tropical Storm Irene was expected to turn north in the Atlantic and posed no threat to land.
At 5 p.m. EDT on Saturday, Irene was about 445 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, N.C., and moving north-northwest, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Irene had sustained winds of up to 70 mph. It would become a hurricane if those winds reached 74 mph.
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