Two new tropical storms over Atlantic

MIAMI, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Tropical Storm Ike formed Tuesday over the Atlantic Ocean, followed by Tropical Storm Josephine further east, U.S. forecasters in Miami reported.

The National Hurricane Center said at 5 p.m., Ike, centered about 1,030 miles east of the Leeward Islands, had sustained wind speeds of 60 mph with higher gusts.

The storm was moving west near 17 mph and forecasters said that was likely to continue for the next two days. Tropical storm-force winds extend 175 miles from the storm center, the report said.

Further east, a cyclonic tropical depression developed into Tropical Storm Josephine Tuesday morning. The 10th named system of the season was about 125 miles south of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands, the hurricane center said.

That system had sustained winds near 50 mph, extending outward 35 miles from the center. It was moving west-northwest near 14 mph and was expected to strengthen to the point of becoming a hurricane with winds above 74 mph as soon as Wednesday, the report said.