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"The National Hurricane Center is monitoring six other systems as Hurricane Sally continues to batter the northern Gulf Coast. Hurricane Sally made landfall near Gulf Shores, Alabama around 5:45 a.m. ET Wednesday as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained wind speeds of 105 mph, the National Hurricane Center says.The storm is dumping rain on the area and causing widespread flooding in both Alabama and the Florida panhandle.Hurricane Tedddy strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane Wednesday morning and could reach Category 4 strength later this week, the NHC says.Paulette, currently a Category 2 hurricane, is forecast to become a powerful extratropical cyclone later Wednesday.The storm is churning in the Atlantic Wednesday morning, about 385 miles east-southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland.Paulette is expected to slow down Thursday and Friday. Tropical Storm Vicky formed Monday morning, but it is expected to be a short-lived system.Forecasters are also watching three other areas, one in the Gulf of Mexico and two in the Atlantic.The disturbance in the Gulf is producing showers and thunderstorms that are showing some signs of organization, but has a low 20% chance of development in the next two days, and a medium 40% chance of development over the next five days. It does not post any threat to Florida. Forecasters are also monitoring a non-tropical area of low pressure over the far northeastern Atlantic, a few hundred miles northeast of Azores. The system is expected to head south-southeastward over the next few days and could acquire some subtropical characteristics, according to the NHC. The storm has a low 20% chance of development in the next five days.The NHC is also monitoring shower and thunderstorm activity associated with an area of low pressure over the far eastern tropical Atlantic, a few hundred miles south-southeast of the Cabo Verde Islands. The system is likely to become a tropical depression in the next few days. It has a medium 50% chance of development in the next 48 hours, and a high 70% chance of development over the next five days.There is now only one name left on this year’s list of hurricane names: Wilfred.Once this year’s list of names runs out, storms will start being named after the letters in the Greek alphabet, meaning Alpha will be the name of the first storm to form after Wilfred. The last year we reached the Greek alphabet was 2005."
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