Published January 14, 2015
Tropical Storm Erika formed in the open Atlantic with 50 mph winds, heading west-northwest.
It's the fifth tropical storm of the 2009 season.
Erika was about 390 miles east of the the Caribbean's northern Leeward Islands, according to the National Hurricane Center.
https://www.foxnews.com/story/tropical-storm-erika-forms-in-the-atlantic