(Reuters) – Tropical depression Five has formed over the Atlantic Ocean, and is expected to become a tropical storm by early Thursday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Wednesday.
“The system will pass near or over portions of the Windward Islands or the southern Leeward Islands on Friday, move into the eastern Caribbean Sea late Friday and Friday night,” the NHC said.
(Reporting by Arundhati Sarkar in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)