After a quiet first two months of hurricane season, August now has three tropical storms on the map at once according to the latest weather service reports.
Tropical Storm Dennis has formed from the strong tropical wave that caused Monday's heavy rains. Tropical Storm Cindy is still projected to go north of the Virgin Islands. Tropical Storm Emily, now to the east of Barbados, is the most likely to threaten the Virgin Islands.
Early projections for Emily have the small storm becoming a level one hurricane during Wednesday and Thursday while heading in a northwest direction. This movement heads Emily towards the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles. Weather services suggest close monitoring of this storm.
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