MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say Hurricane Ophelia is expected to pass near or over Newfoundland, Canada, by early Monday.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Sunday that Ophelia was a Category 2 storm with top sustained winds of about 100 mph. The storm was moving north-northeast at 33 mph.
Ophelia was centered about 485 miles southwest of Cape Race, Newfoundland, and a tropical storm watch was in effect for Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula.
 
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