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Tropical Storm Bonnie Forms in Caribbean East of Nicaragua

  • Second Atlantic storm of 2022 isn’t a threat to US oil and gas
  • Bonnie could re-emerge in Pacific next week as a hurricane
The National Hurricane Center forecast for Tropical Storm Bonnie.

The National Hurricane Center forecast for Tropical Storm Bonnie.

Source: NOAA/NHC

Tropical Storm Bonnie formed in the Caribbean east of Nicaragua, a dangerous system that threatens a potential humanitarian crisis but isn’t a major threat to oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico.

With winds of 40 miles (64 kilometers) per hour, Bonnie was about 230 miles east-southeast of Bluefields, Nicaragua, the National Hurricane Center said in a statement Friday at 9:15 a.m. in New York. The storm is expected to strike the Central American country on Saturday.