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Hurricane Leslie in the Atlantic; check its track here

Hurricane Leslie on the move in the Atlantic
Leslie forecast track (5pm 10/04/2024)
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Leslie turned into a hurricane early Saturday in the eastern North Atlantic.
overabout 700 miles west-southwest of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands.

It's moving west-northwest at 7 mph late Wednesday.

The outlook is for Leslie to continue to gradually strengthen this weekend as to moves to the west, then northwest, through early next week.

Leslie is a distant Atlantic storm and will not threaten land anytime soon, if at all.