US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico brace for tropical storm

This satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows a tropical storm east of Puerto Rico in the Caribbean, at 7:50am EST, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. The National Hurricane Center issued tropical storm warnings for the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, where forecasters expected the potential cyclone to strengthen Tuesday into the sixth named storm, Fred, of the Atlantic hurricane season. (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES via AP)

Islands in the northern Caribbean are bracing for a looming weather system which is expected to strengthen into the sixth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season.

The US National Hurricane Centre issued tropical storm warnings for the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.