1998News

Tropical Storm Bonnie will not affect DR

Tropical Storm Bonnie is the second potential hurricane to affect the Caribbean. The storm had sustained winds of 85 kph, and if it maintains its West-Northwest-Track will past north of the Dominican Republic in direction of the southeastern Bahamas and its impact will be minimal. The storm was moving at 35 km/hr, but a decrease in forward speed but at the same time a strengthening of the storm was forecast. At 8 am, the storm was located near latitude 20.2 North, longitude 64.6 West, or about 240 kilometers northeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico. For updates on this tropical storm, check http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/tropical.html