Tropical storm Katia turned into hurricane — whether it carries a threat to the US?
Element in the South-West of the Gulf of Mexico is rapidly gaining momentum. Formed on Tuesday, it was classified as tropical depression No. 13, Wednesday morning it strengthened to a named storm, Kate, and already in the second half of the day before the hurricane of the first category. Thus, now in the Atlantic basin simultaneously raging three hurricanes — such activity is observed here for the first time in…