Tropical Storm Gordon develops in in Atlantic Ocean but it does not pose a threat to land: NOAA [Video]

RALEIGH, N.C. — A new tropical storm has formed in the Atlantic Ocean, taking on the name Tropical Storm Gordon.

Gordon strengthened into a tropical storm Friday around 11 a.m. That’s around three days after it organized off the Cabo Verde Islands.

At 11 p.m. on Friday, the storm had strengthened slightly, with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph. The storm was moving west at 9 mph and was expected to continue to strengthen for another day or so, but next week, it was expected to dissipate without threatening land.

Gordon formed after Francine weakened to a post-tropical cyclone.

Francine made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane that blacked out more than 275,000 homes and businesses. Flooding

Francine slammed into the Louisiana coast Wednesday evening with 100 mph winds in coastal Terrebonne Parish, battering a fragile coastal region that has not fully recovered from a series of devastating hurricanes in 2020 and 2021. The system then lashed New Orleans with torrential …