Stay Ahead of Tropical Storm Rina with Our Interactive Tracking Map

Rina was a tropical storm in the North Atlantic Ocean late Thursday Eastern time, according to the National Hurricane Center.

The tropical storm had sustained wind speeds of 40 miles per hour. Follow our coverage here.

Tropical-storm-force winds, with sustained speeds of at least 39 miles per hour, typically arrive as weather conditions begin to deteriorate, and experts say their estimated arrival time is a good deadline for completing storm preparations and evacuating if asked to do so.

Arrival times and likelihood of damaging winds

Tropical-storm speeds or greater