Tropical Storm Ingrid forms over Atlantic

MIAMI (AFP) — Tropical Storm Ingrid emerged over the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday, becoming the ninth named storm of the 2007 Atlantic season, the US National Hurricane Center said. With winds of up to 65 kilometers (40 miles) per hour, Ingrid was about 1,350 kilometers (840 miles) east of the Lesser Antilles, a chain of popular tourist islands, the center said.

Ingrid was moving west-northwest at about nine kilometers (six miles) per hour. "A small increase in strength is possible during the next 24 hours," the center said in a bulletin at 11 pm Thursday (0300 GMT Friday).

Several hours earlier, the third hurricane of the Atlantic season, Humberto, formed over the Gulf of Mexico before striking the southeast Texas coast with category one force, the lowest strength in the five-level Saffir-Simpson scale. At least one person died.

The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30.

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