Hurricane Otto forms in the Atlantic

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MIAMI (AP) — Otto has reached hurricane strength over the Atlantic on a path that's expected to take it farther out to sea.

Hurricane Otto has maximum sustained winds Friday near 75 mph. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says some additional strengthening is expected but Otto is forecast to weaken by late Saturday.

A day earlier, raging floodwaters from then-Tropical Storm Otto overturned cars, toppled power lines and washed out roads in the northeastern Caribbean.

The British Virgin Islands was hit with the worst flooding in the territory's history, prompting the government to declare a state of emergency, according to Sharleen Dabreo, director of the Department of Disaster Management.