ORLANDO, Fla. — After nearly two months since the last named storm, Tropical Storm Danielle formed Thursday morning in the mid-Atlantic, and the first hurricane of 2022 could soon follow, according to the National Hurricane Center.
As of 11 a.m., Danielle was located about 960 miles west of the Azores with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph moving east-northeast at 2 mph. Deep in the mid-Atlantic, Danielle is no current threat to land and is forecast to “meander during the next few days.”
After weeks of no tropical depressions or storms, the Atlantic finally saw emergence of Tropical Depression Five, according to the National Hurricane Center.