The Caribbean's sixth major storm of the hurricane season bore down Friday on the Bahamas after hammering the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
And yet another another was in its wake, CNN reported.
Tropical storm Jeanne, which could regain its hurricane status, was headed for southeastern Bahamas Friday after bringing 65 mph winds to Hispanola and the Dominican Republic.
At 5 a.m. EDT Jeanne's center was at latitude 19.5 north and longitude 70.1 west or about 70 miles north of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, moving west-northwest at 6 mph.
Top rainfall accumulations could range from 9 to 13 inches and prompt flash floods in the Dominican Republic, the National Hurricane Center report said.
Jeanne is the 11th named storm of the season and the sixth major one to churn through the Caribbean in the last several weeks.
But she is not the last: another storm of equal strength was spotted farther out in the Atlantic Ocean.
At 5 a.m. EDT tropical storm Karl's eye was near latitude 11.5 north and longitude 35.3 west or about 820 miles west-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands moving west at 12 mph.
Like Jeanne, Karl has sustained winds of 65 mph.
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