Florence weakens to tropical storm, seen strengthening again: NHC

Reuters

(Reuters) - Florence weakened to a tropical storm in the central Atlantic, but was expected to intensify on Friday, the National Hurricane Center said on Thursday.

Florence was located about 1,035 miles (1,665 kms) east-southeast of Bermuda, packing maximum sustained winds of 70 miles per hour (110 km/h), the Miami-based weather forecaster said.

Swells generated by Florence will begin to affect Bermuda on Friday and will reach portions of the U.S. East Coast over the weekend, the NHC added.

(Reporting by Nallur Sethuraman in Bengaluru; Editing by Darren Schuettler)