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New Tropical Depression Forms Over Atlantic

A new tropical depression formed over the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday and threatened to become the eighth storm of the already busy 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, the US National Hurricane Center said. "The depression will likely become a tropical storm later (Thursday) and could reach hurricane intensity within three days," the Miami-based hurricane center said. The center's computer models predicted the depression would become an "intense hurricane." If it becomes a tropical storm, it would be named Hanna.

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