Tropical storm Danielle strengthens and could become a hurricane in the next few hours

Tropical storm Danielle strengthened last night over open waters of

and in the next few hours it may be the first hurricane of 2022 in the Atlantic basin, reported the

Center (NHC).

The fourth tropical storm this year in the Atlantic is today, Friday,

.

It is nine in an easterly direction at 6 km / h with

and stronger gusts, as reported by the Efe agency from Miami on Friday afternoon.

NHC forecasts indicate that

as it winds its way over the open sea over the next few days and that it could become a hurricane in the next few hours.

Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to

.

Danielle's origin is in Depression Five, which

, after a rare August free of storms and hurricanes, which hadn't happened for 25 years.

In the first three months of the six of the season (June, July and August) tropical storms

have formed .

Danielle

in the Atlantic since the beginning of July.

The private weather forecasting company Accuweather noted that since 1960

.

The previous ones were in 1961 and 1997.

According to the forecasts of the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET), the tropical storm, surely already turned into a hurricane, will approach continental Europe next week, but

, less than 10%. .

"Next week, Danielle will get a little closer to continental Europe but the chances that the intense winds associated with this tropical cyclone will affect Spain are very low, less than 10% and,

", explained the AEMET spokesman, Rubén del Campo, in a statement collected by Europa Press.

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