Gert no longer forecast to be a tropical storm. It weakened to a tropical depression on Monday

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Article first published: Monday, Aug. 21, 2023, 4 a.m. ET

Article last updated: Monday, Aug. 21, 2023, 10 p.m. ET

As per the National Hurricane Center's 10 pm Monday update, Gert has reached new lows of intensity and has downgraded from a tropical storm to a tropical depression.

Tropical Depression Gert is 320 miles east-southeast of the Northern Leeward Islands, with maximum sustained wind of 30 mph. It’s moving 9 mph to the west-northwest.

YESTERDAY (Sunday):

Yesterday, the weather system gained sufficient intensity to be named Gert when the tropical depression upgraded to a tropical storm with winds of 40 mph.

Source: National Hurricane Center

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