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Tropical Storm Isaias Forms Near Puerto Rico

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   Tropical Storm Isaias is churning across the Caribbean after forming
   near Puerto Rico Wednesday night.'¯'¯

   Isaiasbecame the earliest ninth-named storm on record in the Atlantic,
   eclipsing a nearly 15-year record set by Irene, which formed on August
   7, 2005.'¯'¯'¯

   Tropical storm warnings are in place for much of the
   Caribbean,'¯including Puerto'¯Rico, U.S. and British Virgin Islands,
   St.'¯Martin, Dominican'¯Republic, Haiti, Turks and Caicos, and part of
   the Bahamas.'¯'¯

   Heavy rains, flash flooding and strong winds'¯are expected'¯for the
   Virgin'¯Islands and'¯Puerto Rico Thursday.'¯'¯

   The current path of Tropical Storm Isaias could move the storm towards
   the southern US state of '¯Florida by'¯this weekend.'¯'¯

   In anticipation of the storm, Florida's Division of Emergency
   Management announced Wednesday that all state-supported coronavirus
   testing sites will close Thursday afternoon to keep both workers and
   those getting tested safe. The sites will reopen when it is safe, and
   the agency said it expects all to be open again by Wednesday next week.

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