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New Hurricane Could Form In Atlantic: Here's Week-Long Projected Path New Hurricane Could Form In Atlantic: Here's Week-Long Projected Path
New Hurricane Could Form In Atlantic: Here's Week-Long Projected Path The Atlantic is heating up again, with a new potential hurricane poised to form and another close behind. It's a one‑two punch that could steer rough seas toward Bermuda and the East Coast. As of Wednesday, Sept. 24, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said a tropical system that formed late Tuesday, Sept. 23, in the central Atlantic is organizing and could become a named storm soon, and possibly reach hurricane strength near Bermuda early next week.  A second tropical wave near the Lesser Antilles is expected to move toward the Bahamas and could also become a named system later this w…

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Delta Jet With 300 Passengers En Route To JFK Makes Emergency Landing On Remote Island Delta Jet With 300 Passengers En Route To JFK Makes Emergency Landing On Remote Island
Delta Jet With 300 Passengers En Route To JFK Makes Emergency Landing On Remote Island A transatlantic flight headed for New York didn’t make it there, and nearly 300 passengers ended up stuck on an island in the middle of the ocean. Delta Flight 127 was en route from Madrid to JFK International Airport on Sunday, July 6 when a reported engine issue forced the crew to divert mid-flight, ABC 7 New York reports. Roughly one-third of the way over the Atlantic, some passengers said they heard a loud boom. Delta later confirmed there was an “indication of a mechanical issue in an engine,” prompting the crew to land at an air base in the Azores, a remote island chain off the coast …

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Potential New Tropical Storm May Form In Same Area That Launched Helene, Milton Potential New Tropical Storm May Form In Same Area That Launched Helene, Milton
Potential New Tropical Storm May Form In Same Area That Launched Helene, Milton The same area that launched two major hurricanes in a two-week span could be the breeding ground for a potential new tropical system. "We expect another gyre to get going over Central America later next week," said AccuWeather Lead Hurricane Expert Alex DaSilva, "From this large, slowly spinning area of low pressure, a more distinct area of showers and thunderstorms may form, and from that, a tropical depression or tropical storm may evolve." The system could take two possible paths -- either northern (as Helene and Milton did) or southern. (See the first image above.) Meanwhile, …

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by Joe Lombardi