Tropical Storm Debby was expected to slowly strengthen in the open Atlantic, while another system north of Venezuela verged on becoming a named storm. At 11 a.m. EDT, Debby had top sustained winds near 50 mph, well below the 74 mph threshold for a hurricane. It was centered about 955 miles west-northwest of the Cape Verde islands, which are about 350 miles off the African coast. Debby is the fourth named storm of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season.
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