70 percent chance of cyclone near Cape Verde Islands: U.S. NHC

[WorldNews]

(Reuters) - A low-pressure area located several hundred miles west-southwest of West Africa's Cape Verde Islands has a 70 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone over the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Tuesday. "A tropical depression will likely form within the next day or two while the system moves west-northwestward," the Miami-based weather forecaster said. (Reporting by Kevin Jose in Bengaluru; Editing by Shri Navaratnam)

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