Brits may have to pull out their rain coats and umbrellas later this month - despite being August - as a deadly storm over the Atlantic could have repercussions in the UK

Tropical Storm Erin is now the fifth named storm in the Atlantic this season as it formed on Monday off the western coast of Africa.

Tropical Storm Erin has developed close to the Cape Verde Islands, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. Situated about 280 miles west-northwest of the islands, Erin features maximum sustained winds of 45 mph,