Forecasters said Tropical Storm Peter formed over the Atlantic Ocean early Sunday and Tropical Depression Seventeen intensified into Tropical Storm Rose Sunday afternoon, over the far eastern Atlantic, becoming the 16th and 17th storms of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season.
Peter was centered about 350 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said in a 5 p.m. ET advisory.
