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St John's, Antigua: Tropical Storm Chris was likely to become a hurricane on Wednesday, forecasters said.
The third named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season brushed past islands in the eastern Caribbean early in the day.
The storm had top sustained winds of nearly 96km/h as it passed over the northernmost Leeward Islands.
It was expected to gather strength as it moved west-northwest in the direction of the Virgin Islands, according to the US National Hurricane Centre in Miami.
A hurricane centre advisory issued at 0600 GMT said that "Chris could become a hurricane later today".
To be a hurricane, the storm must reach sustained winds of at least 119km/h.
A tropical storm warning remained in effect for Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, St Kitts and Nevis, the French territory of St Barthelemy, St Maarten a Dutch territory on a small island shared with the French and Puerto Rico and the US and British Virgin Islands, forecasters said.
Tropical storm warnings for Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, St Kitts and Nevis have been discontinued.
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