Tropical storm Grace continues to strenghten in Atlantic waters HURRICANES ATLANTIC | 07 de Septiembre de 2015

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Tropical storm Grace continues to strenghten in Atlantic waters

HURRICANES ATLANTIC | 07 de Septiembre de 2015

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General view of boats sailing at Miami river as they move away from the sea in Florida, USA. EFE/File

Miami, U.S., Sep 7 (EFE).- Tropical storm Grace is continuing to strengthen as it moves across the Atlantic waters, attaining wind speeds of 85 kph (53 mph), the U.S. National Hurricane Center, or NHC, said Sunday.

The storm was located about 835 km (520 miles) west-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands, near latitude 13.2 North, longitude 31.2 West, according to NHC.

Grace, the seventh tropical storm of the current Atlantic hurricane season, was moving west at 24 kph (15 mph) and is expected to continue to do so for the next 48 hours with some increase in forward speed, it added.

No storm warning signal has been issued so far, unlike for tropical storm Fred, which, after strengthening to a Category 1 hurricane during the week, dissipated Sunday into a remnant low, with maximum sustained winds of 45 kph (28 mph).

Since the start of the cyclone season in the Atlantic on June 1, there have been seven tropical storms: "Ana", "Bill", "Claudette", "Danny" (which reached Category 3 to become the season's first major hurricane), "Erika", "Fred" and "Grace".