Hurricane Chris strengthens, stays well off U.S. Atlantic Coast

Hurricane Chris gathered strength as it churned off the coast of the Mid-Atlantic states to become a Category 2 storm on the Saffir-Simpson wind scale on Tuesday, but it was not expected to make landfall over the United States, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.

from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2zp6PWI