By: Osmany González Tocabens.12:41Fort-de-France, Aug 1 (Prensa Latina) Martinique and the rest of the Windward Islands were on alert Monday due to an approaching tropical system very likely to become a hurricane. On Monday morning, the storm was 300 kilometers southeast of the capital, where it began raining more heavily early Sunday. An 80 percent probability existed for the low-pressure area to become a tropical storm or a low-intensity hurricane in the next 24 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center reported on Monday.">By: Osmany González Tocabens.12:41Fort-de-France, Aug 1 (Prensa Latina) Martinique and the rest of the Windward Islands were on alert Monday due to an approaching tropical system very likely to become a hurricane. On Monday morning, the storm was 300 kilometers southeast of the capital, where it began raining more heavily early Sunday. An 80 percent probability existed for the low-pressure area to become a tropical storm or a low-intensity hurricane in the next 24 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center reported on Monday.">

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Caribbean on Alert for Tropical Storm

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  • 08 / 02 / 2011

By: Osmany González Tocabens.12:41Fort-de-France, Aug 1 (Prensa Latina) Martinique and the rest of the Windward Islands were on alert Monday due to an approaching tropical system very likely to become a hurricane.

On Monday morning, the storm was 300 kilometers southeast of the capital, where it began raining more heavily early Sunday.

An 80 percent probability existed for the low-pressure area to become a tropical storm or a low-intensity hurricane in the next 24 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center reported on Monday.

Civil defense agencies and meteorological offices in the Lesser Antilles declared a state of alert, banned the navigation of small ships, and called for preventive measures.

According to experts, a total of 12 to 17 tropical storms may affect the Caribbean through November.

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