MIAMI, Sept. 29 Melissa became the latest tropical storm Saturday to pop up in the eastern Atlantic and begin churning westward.
While it was producing sustained winds near 40 miles per hour, Melissa was no threat to land, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. The storm's center was located about 365 miles west of the Cape Verde Islands and was moving west-northwest at about 13 mph.
Meanwhile, Hurricane Lorenzo had deteriorated into a tropical depression after hitting Mexico, where it left at least four people dead, and tropical depression Karen had degenerated into a broad area of low pressure with a few squalls and winds near 35 mph, hurricane forecasters said. It was located about 495 miles east of the Leeward Islands, moving toward the northwest at about 9 mph.
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