Miami, FL – Tropical Storm Bertha has formed in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa.
At 10 a.m. CDT Thursday, the center of the storm was located about 190 miles south-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands.
The second named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season is moving toward the west-northwest at about 14 miles-per-hour, and forecasters expect that to continue for the next couple of days.
Maximum sustained winds were near 40 miles-per-hour. Some gradual strengthening is forecast during the next day or two.
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