July 12 (UPI) -- Hurricane Chris was downgraded to a tropical storm on Thursday, after moving away from the United States toward Newfoundland, Canada, the National Hurricane Center said.
The center of the storm was located 245 miles southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and 470 miles southwest of Cape Race, Newfoundland. It was moving 35 mph toward the northeast, the NHC's 5 a.m. EDT advisory said.