FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — While Hurricane Danielle meanders in the open Atlantic, Tropical Storm Earl is expected to pass the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Sunday before becoming a hurricane later this week, forecasters said.
As of the National Hurricane Center’s 11 a.m. EDT advisory on Sunday, Tropical Storm Earl was located about 85 miles north-northeast of St. Thomas, moving northwest at 3 mph with its maximum-sustained winds maintaining at 50 mph.
Earl’s tropical storm-force winds extended out up to 105 miles.
