Tropical Storm Hermine strengthens into hurricane: Forecasters

The storm was located about 175 miles west of Tampa, Florida

Tropical Storm Colin on August 5, 2010. (Photo: Wikipedia)
Tropical Storm Colin on August 5, 2010. (Photo: Wikipedia)
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Last Updated : Sep 02 2016 | 9:24 AM IST
Tropical Storm Hermine strengthened into a hurricane today as it continued churning on a path toward Florida, US forecasters said.

At 1.55 PM (local time), data from an Air Force hurricane hunter plane indicated that maximum sustained winds in Hermine were about 120 kilometers per hour, the National Hurricane Center said.

That would make it a Category One hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale.

The storm was located about 175 miles west of Tampa, Florida and moving north-northeast at 14 miles per hour.
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First Published: Sep 02 2016 | 1:48 AM IST

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