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Tropical Storm Franklin is expected to strengthen

By SUN HERALD BOT
This graphic created by the National Weather Service/NCEP Weather Prediction Center (WPC) shows the projected path. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
This graphic created by the National Weather Service/NCEP Weather Prediction Center (WPC) shows the projected path. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER SUN HERALD BOT

Article first published: Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, 5 a.m. ET

On Thursday at 5 am, the National Hurricane Center issued an advisory stating that Tropical Storm Franklin is 55 miles east-northeast of Grand Turk Island, with maximum sustained wind of 50 mph. It’s moving 13 mph to the north. Tropical Storm Franklin is forecast to strengthen.

YESTERDAY (Wednesday):

Yesterday, Franklin moved away from Dominican Republic and advanced into the Atlantic Ocean

CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:

The government of the Bahamas has discontinued the Tropical Storm Warning for the Turks and Caicos.

The government of the Dominican Republic has discontinued all Tropical Storm Warnings for the Dominican Republic.

HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND:

RAINFALL: Franklin is forecast to produce the following rainfall totals through Thursday:

Hispaniola: Additional 1 to 3 inches.

Turks and Caicos: 1 to 3 inches, mainly across the eastern islands.

Source: National Hurricane Center

This article was generated by the Sun Herald Bot, artificial intelligence software that analyzes information from the National Hurricane Center and applies it to templates created by journalists in the newsroom. We are experimenting with this and other new ways of providing more useful content to our readers and subscribers. You can report errors or bugs to mcclatchybot@mcclatchy.com. Full hurricane coverage at sunherald.com/news/weather-news/

This story was originally published August 23, 2023 at 9:56 AM.

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