Tropical Storm Emily closed in on the Windward Islands of the eastern Caribbean on Wednesday, prompting storm warnings from Barbados to the Netherlands Antilles.
But residents of the small and vulnerable islands got a break as Emily, the fifth storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, failed to grow into a hurricane as predicted, remaining a tropical storm with 60 mph (97 kph) winds.
At 5 p.m. EDT (2100 GMT), the center of Emily was about 125 miles south of Barbados and moving to the west at 18 mph (29 kph), the U.S.
熱帶風暴艾米麗（Emily）星期三在東加勒比海的上風小島登陸，巴巴多斯島迅速向荷蘭安的列斯群島發(fā)出警告。
但是第五號颶風艾米麗并沒有像預(yù)計中那樣形成颶風，而是保持了60時速（97千米每小時）的熱帶風暴，因此這個容易受攻擊的小島上的居民只受到一些沖擊。
美國東區(qū)時區(qū)下午5點，艾米麗中心離巴巴多斯島大約125英里并以18時速（29千米每小時）像美國西部移動。
But residents of the small and vulnerable islands got a break as Emily, the fifth storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, failed to grow into a hurricane as predicted, remaining a tropical storm with 60 mph (97 kph) winds.
At 5 p.m. EDT (2100 GMT), the center of Emily was about 125 miles south of Barbados and moving to the west at 18 mph (29 kph), the U.S.
熱帶風暴艾米麗（Emily）星期三在東加勒比海的上風小島登陸，巴巴多斯島迅速向荷蘭安的列斯群島發(fā)出警告。
但是第五號颶風艾米麗并沒有像預(yù)計中那樣形成颶風，而是保持了60時速（97千米每小時）的熱帶風暴，因此這個容易受攻擊的小島上的居民只受到一些沖擊。
美國東區(qū)時區(qū)下午5點，艾米麗中心離巴巴多斯島大約125英里并以18時速（29千米每小時）像美國西部移動。