"Tropical storm warnings were issued for Puerto Rico and other parts of the Caribbean on Monday as Tropical Storm Chantal chugged along a course that could take it near Florida's Atlantic coast by the weekend."

"Several other major Caribbean islands, including Haiti, were under tropical storm watches after tropical storm force winds quickly coalesced into a tropical storm Sunday night, so rapidly that the system completely bypassed the tropical depression stage and emerged fully formed as Chantal.

Tropical storm conditions were expected in the Windward Islands by Tuesday morning and could start lashing Puerto Rico late Tuesday, The Weather Channel reported."

M. Alex Johnson reports for NBC News July 9, 2013. [2]

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"Tropical Storm Chantal Swirls Toward Eastern Caribbean" (Reuters) [3]