Advisories have begun being issued in the Caribbean islands, as Tropical Storm Bret is moving west across the Atlantic, according to the National Hurricane Center.
By late Tuesday night Atlantic Standard Time, Bret was about 730 miles east of the Windward Islands, a group of eastern Caribbean islands that are part of the Lesser Antilles and include Grenada, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
The storm is moving at 17 mph, with maximum wind speeds of 50 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center.
A tropical storm watch is currently in effect for Barbados, St. Lucia, Martinique and Dominica. In Dominica, the meteorological service said the storm poses a threat to the island and warned of landslides and flooding.
