Tropical storm warning issued for Earl

Miami (AP) - The National Hurricane Center in Miami on Thursday issued a tropical storm warning along the Connecticut and Rhode Island coasts into Massachusetts.

A hurricane warning is also out for part of the Massachusetts coast including Nantucket as Earl bears down on the Eastern Seaboard.

Hurricane Earl was headed for the Outer Banks of North Carolina with top sustained winds near 140 mph and higher gusts. The center of Earl was about 300 miles (485 kilometers) south of Cape Hatteras, N.C.

Behind Earl, Tropical Storm Fiona was about 550 miles (885 kph) south of Bermuda and Gaston weakened into a tropical depression farther out in the Atlantic. A tropical storm warning was issued for Bermuda ahead of Fiona, which had top sustained winds of 50 mph (85 kph).