27940 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://abc7ny.com/weather/4-tropical-systems-developing-in-the-atlantic/6415179/RALEIGH, N.C. -- Four tropical systems, including two named storms and two tropical waves, are developing in the Atlantic storm basin. The closest of those systems is located about 400 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. That system only has a 30 percent chance to become a tropical depression.Wed, 09 Sep 2020 13:07:00 +0200abc7ny-9943d73b4a0f8c60d50650d2ab15305320200909130700https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2020/09/07/Rene-downgraded-to-a-tropical-depression-near-Cabo-Verde-Islands/3951599493225/?ur3=1Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Tropical Storm Rene was downgraded to a tropical depression on Tuesday, after producing strong winds and heavy rains in the Cabo Verde Islands. The National Hurricane Center said in its 2 a.m. CVT Tuesday update that Rene was about 360 miles west-northwest of the Cabo Verde Islands and had maximum sustained winds of 35 mph.Wed, 09 Sep 2020 05:58:00 +0200upi-21df92b99a9ae75228789999150379d920200909055800https://www.newsweek.com/tropical-storm-rene-becomes-earliest-ever-r-named-storm-busy-atlantic-hurricane-season-1530368Tropical Storm Rene has become the earliest ever "R-named" storm in what is already one of the Atlantic's busiest hurricane seasons on record. It's currently moving over the Cabo Verde Islands. According to the National Hurricane Center, Rene expected to produce tropical storm–force winds and heavy rainfall across the islands on Tuesday.Tue, 08 Sep 2020 20:01:00 +0200newsweek-3624a612054bfaf8861e0b74fdad1eb620200908200100https://abc7ny.com/weather/tropical-storm-rene-expected-to-become-hurricane-thursday/6413707/RALEIGH, N.C. -- Two tropical storms have formed in the Atlantic Ocean, including Rene, which formed off the coast of West Africa. The U.S. National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm warning for the Cabo Verde Islands, saying Rene would produce tropical storm-force winds and heavy rainfall across the island country on Tuesday morning.Tue, 08 Sep 2020 17:10:00 +0200abc7ny-698b7f2d70e0a4413fb14eff3037820120200908171000