Tropical Storm Cindy Forms Behind Bret in an Early and Aggressive Start to Atlantic Hurricane Season

Tropical Storm Cindy Forms Behind Bret in an Early and Aggressive Start to Atlantic Hurricane Season
Tropical Storm Bret as it chugged toward the eastern Caribbean, in this GeoColor satellite image taken on June 20, 2023. NOAA via AP
The Associated Press
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—Tropical Storm Cindy has formed behind Tropical Storm Bret, in the first case of two storms in the tropical Atlantic in June since record keeping began, forecasters said Friday.

The historic event signals an early and aggressive start to the Atlantic hurricane season that began June 1 and whose peak usually runs from mid-August to mid-October. Forecasters blamed unusually high sea temperatures for the rare development.