"Boosted by record-warm waters, the storm is the earliest on record to form so far east. Puerto Rico could be affected this weekend."

"The National Hurricane Center declared Tropical Storm Bret formed at 5 p.m. Eastern Monday, the second of the young Atlantic season. Located about halfway between the coast of Africa and the eastern Caribbean Sea, the system is likely to intensify, and it could approach or impact the Lesser Antilles as a hurricane by the weekend.

Bret is predicted to "move across the Lesser Antilles as a hurricane on Thursday and Friday, bringing a risk of flooding from heavy rainfall, hurricane-force winds, and dangerous storm surge and waves,” wrote the National Hurricane Center.

It added, “[E]veryone in the Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands should closely monitor updates.” The Lesser Antilles includes the islands of Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Saint Lucia and Grenada, among others."

Matthew Cappucci reports for the Washington Post June 19, 2023. [2]