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Melissa Weakens to Tropical Depression Over Atlantic |
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| US: October 2, 2007 | ||
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ATLANTA - Tropical Storm Melissa weakened to a tropical depression in the eastern Atlantic Ocean far from land on Sunday and was expected to weaken further, the US National Hurricane Center said.
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The 13th named Atlantic storm this year poses no threat to land. Its winds decreased to 30 mph (45 kph) with higher gusts. At 5 p.m. (2100 GMT) Melissa was 665 miles (1070 km) west of the Cape Verde islands and was moving west northwest at 14 mph (22 kph). "Melissa is degenerating into a remnant low and this low is expected to weaken during the next 24 hours," the hurricane center said in a statement, noting the advisory would be its last on the issue. A tropical storm has sustained winds of 39 to 73 miles per hour (63-118 kph). The 2007 Atlantic storm season, which runs through Nov. 30, has produced four hurricanes, including Lorenzo, which crashed into Mexico's Gulf coast on Friday and killed three people.
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