Beryl becomes first hurricane of 2018 Atlantic season

[July 06, 2018]    (Reuters) - Beryl became the first hurricane of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in latest advisory.

Hurricane Beryl was located about 1,140 miles (1830 km) east-southeast of the Lesser Antilles, packing maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph), the NHC said

Beryl is forecast to quickly weaken by late Saturday and become a tropical storm late Sunday or Monday, the Miami-based weather forecaster added.

(Reporting by Nallur Sethuraman and Apeksha Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Alison Williams)

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