BUXTON, N.C. (AP) — A tropical depression that threatens the North Carolina coast has turned north-northwestward in the Atlantic.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the depression is expected to later curve north and then northeast on Wednesday. Its forecast track shows its center will be near North Carolina’s Outer Banks by Tuesday afternoon or in the evening.
The depression’s maximum sustained are near 35 mph (55 kph) and forecasters say it could become a tropical storm later in the day.