Hurricane Central Tropical Storm Gert Not a Threat For U.S. East Coast and Bermuda; High Surf, Rip Current Threat For Parts of East Coast By Jonathan Belles August 14 2017 05:00 PM EDT weather.com 00:56 Atlantic Hurricane Season Goes Greek For only the second time ever, the National Hurricane Center has run out of names, so they've turned to the Greek alphabet. Gert has strengthened into a hurricane. Please click here for the latest updates on Hurricane Gert .

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