MIAMI (AP) – Hurricane Karl gained strength Sunday but remained on a course that will keep it in the Atlantic, a threat only to shipping, forecasters said. Karl had top sustained winds near 125 mph and was expected to get stronger over the day, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. At 11 a.m. EDT, Karl was centered about 1,225 miles east of the Lesser Antilles in the southeastern Caribbean and was moving west-northwest near 10 mph.

Karl comes on the heels of Tropical Storm Jeanne, which early Sunday was near the southeastern Bahamas and was moving north-northwest away from the islands toward open seas, where it could gain strength.

Karl is the 11th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to Nov. 30.

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